Christian Community Bible
Sirach
19
1 A drunken worker will never be rich
2 Wine and women corrupt the best of men
When to speak and when to be silent
:B:4 He who is too quick to trust others reveals a shallow mind, whoever sins injures him self.
5 One who revels in pleasure will be condemned, 6 hating gossip will save one from evil.
7 Never repeat what you are told and you will come to no harm.
8 Report nothing to friend or foe and, unless silence is sinful, reveal it to no one. 9 They will listen, distrust you and you will end up being hated.
10 Have you heard something? Let it die with you, remain calm
11 A fool suffers like a woman in childbirth over something he is told. 12 Like an arrow stuck in his thigh, such is a secret inside a fool.
13 Speak with your friend: perhaps he has done nothing and, if he has, he will not do it again.
14 Speak with your friend: perhaps he has not said anything and, if he has, he will not say it again. 15 Speak with your friend for there is much slander
20 All wisdom is in the fear of the Lord
22 Knowledge of evil is not wisdom, and pru dence is not found in the advice of sinners.
23 There is a cleverness that is loathsome
24 Better to lack sense and be full of the fear of the Lord, than to be clever in violating the Law.
25 There is an ingenious shrewdness which carries out injustice
28 One does not sin when the means are lack ing
29 You can tell a man by his appearance
30 A mans way of dressing reveals who he is, as does his manner of laughing and walking.
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