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Sirach 23:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" and turn away evil desire from me. "

Sirach 23:5

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3 Otherwise my errors might be multiplied, and my sins abound, I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me.

4 O Lord, Father and God of my life, don’t give me a haughty eyes,

5 and turn away evil desire from me.

6 Let neither gluttony nor lust overtake me. Don’t give me over to a shameless mind.

7 Listen, my children, to the discipline of the mouth. He who keeps it will not be caught.

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Sirach 23:1

"O Lord, Father and Master of my life, don’t abandon me to their counsel. Don’t let me fall because of them."

Sirach 23:2

"Who will set scourges over my thought, and a discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not for my errors, and not overlook their sins?"

Sirach 23:3

"Otherwise my errors might be multiplied, and my sins abound, I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me."

Sirach 23:4

"O Lord, Father and God of my life, don’t give me a haughty eyes,"

Sirach 23:6

"Let neither gluttony nor lust overtake me. Don’t give me over to a shameless mind."

Sirach 23:7

"Listen, my children, to the discipline of the mouth. He who keeps it will not be caught."

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