Sirach 11:32LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 32 of 36
"For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall of his neighbour."
In context
30Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children.
31Bring not every man into thy house: for many are the snares of the deceitful.
32For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall of his neighbour.
33For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot.
34Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one deceitful man much blood: and a sinful man lieth in wait for blood.