7 Don’t look around in the streets of the city. Don’t wander in its deserted places. (WEB)
Sirach 9:7
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Job 36:19–21
19 Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress? 20 Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes. 21 Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.
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Jeremiah 6:24–26
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Proverbs 4:13–15
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Sirach 42:11–13
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Sirach 7:6–8
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Proverbs 5:7–9
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Proverbs 1:14–16
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