Good News Bible Anglicised

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 23:3-8 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

3. Then I would not keep on sinning, making one mistake after another. I could not fall to my enemies and be humiliated by them.

4. O Lord, my Father, God of my life, keep me from being arrogant;

5. protect me from evil desires.

6. Keep me from being overcome by greed or lust; do not leave me at the mercy of these shameless passions.

7. My children, listen to what I have to say about proper speech; do as I teach you and you will never get trapped.

8. Sinners are caught by their own arrogant, insulting words.