# Sirach 23:12

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/23/12
- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 23](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/23)
- Background: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach#background-and-history
- JSON: https://apologetics.wiki/api/apocrypha/sirach/23/12
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There is a word that is clothed about with death: God grant that it be not found in the heritage of Jacob; for all such things shall be far from the godly, and they shall not wallow in their sins.