Sirach 21:2
Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest too near it, it will bite thee: the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, slaying the souls of men.
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The King James Version (1769), including the Apocrypha, is in the public domain in the United States. Letters patent restrict printing this translation in the United Kingdom.