# Sirach 23:5

**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/23/5
- 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
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Turn away from me vain hopes and concupiscence, and thou shalt hold him up that is desirous always to serve thee.