Sirach 12:17-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁷If evil comes upon you, you will find him there ahead of you;
pretending to help, he will trip you up.
¹⁸Then he will shake his head, and clap his hands,
and whisper much, and show his true face.

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