Ecclesiasticus 20:22
“There is that destroyeth his owne soule through bashfulnesse, and by accepting of persons ouerthroweth himselfe.”
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Ecclesiasticus 20:22 Context
20A wise sentence shall be reiected when it commeth out of a fools mouth: for he will not speake it in due season. 21There is that is hindred from sinning through want: and when hee taketh rest, he shall not be troubled. 22There is that destroyeth his owne soule through bashfulnesse, and by accepting of persons ouerthroweth himselfe. 23There is that for bashfulnes promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing. 24A lie is a foule blot in a man, yet it is continually in the mouth of the vntaught.
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There is that destroyeth his own soul through bashfulness, and by accepting of persons overthroweth himself.
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