Proverbs 23:3

Maurer quotes in illustration of these verses (1 3):

"Keep thee from the man that hath power to kill,

And thou shalt have no suspicion of the fear of death:

And if thou come unto him, commit no fault,

Lest he take away thy life:

Know surely that thou goest about in the midst of snares,

And walkest upon the battlements of a city." Sir 9:13.