Sirach 23:1
Good News Translation
O Lord, my Father and Master of my life, do not leave me at the mercy of my own words; don't let them cause my downfall.

New Revised Standard Version
O Lord, Father and Master of my life, do not abandon me to their designs, and do not let me fall because of them!

Contemporary English Version
You are my Father and rule my life-- don't let my mouth control my destiny and bring me down.

New American Bible
Lord, Father and Master of my life, do not abandon me to their designs, do not let me fall because of them!

Douay-Rheims Bible
O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them.

Sirach 22:32
But every one that shall hear it, will beware of him.

Sirach 22:33
Who will set a guard before my mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?

Sirach 23:2
Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not in their ignorances, and that their sins may not appear:

Sirach 23:3
Lest my ignorances increase, and my offences be multiplied, and my sins abound, and I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me?

Context
Sirach 23
1O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them. 2Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not in their ignorances, and that their sins may not appear:…
Cross References
Sirach 22:32
But every one that shall hear it, will beware of him.

Sirach 22:33
Who will set a guard before my mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?

Sirach 23:2
Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not in their ignorances, and that their sins may not appear:

Sirach 23:3
Lest my ignorances increase, and my offences be multiplied, and my sins abound, and I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me?



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 22:33
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