Sirach 19

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¹ He who does so grows no richer; he who wastes the little he has will be stripped bare.	¹ A workman who is a drunkard will not become rich; he who despises small things will fail little by little.
² Wine and women make the mind giddy, and the companion of harlots becomes reckless.	² Wine and women lead intelligent men astray, and the man who consorts with harlots is very reckless.
³ Rottenness and worms will possess him, for contumacious desire destroys its owner.	³ Decay and worms will inherit him, and the reckless soul will be snatched away.
⁴ He who lightly trusts in them has no sense, and he who strays after them sins against his own life.	⁴ One who trusts others too quickly is lightminded, and one who sins does wrong to himself.
⁵ He who gloats over evil will meet with evil, and he who repeats an evil report has no sense.	⁵ One who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned,
⁶ Never repeat gossip, and you will not be reviled.	⁶ and for one who hates gossip evil is lessened.
⁷ Tell nothing to friend or foe; if you have a fault, reveal it not,	⁷ Never repeat a conversation, and you will lose nothing at all.
⁸ For he who hears it will hold it against you, and in time become your enemy.	⁸ With friend or foe do not report it, and unless it would be a sin for you, do not disclose it;
⁹ Let anything you hear die within you; be assured it will not make you burst.	⁹ for some one has heard you and watched you, and when the time comes he will hate you.
¹⁰ When a fool hears something, he is in labor, like a woman giving birth to a child.	¹⁰ Have you heard a word? Let it die with you. Be brave! It will not make you burst!
¹¹ Like an arrow lodged in a man's thigh is gossip in the breast of a fool.	¹¹ With such a word a fool will suffer pangs like a woman in labor with a child.
¹² Admonish your friend--he may not have done it; and if he did, that he may not do it again.	¹² Like an arrow stuck in the flesh of the thigh, so is a word inside a fool.
¹³ Admonish your neighbor--he may not have said it; and if he did, that he may not say it again.	¹³ Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything, so that he may do it no more.
¹⁴ Admonish your friend--often it may be slander; every story you must not believe.	¹⁴ Question a neighbor, perhaps he did not say it; but if he said it, so that he may not say it again.
¹⁵ Then, too, a man can slip and not mean it; who has not sinned with his tongue?	¹⁵ Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe everything you hear.
¹⁶ Admonish your neighbor before you break with him; thus will you fulfill the law of the Most High.	¹⁶ A person may make a slip without intending it. Who has never sinned with his tongue?
¹⁷ All wisdom is fear of the LORD; perfect wisdom is the fulfillment of the law.	¹⁷ Question your neighbor before you threaten him; and let the law of the Most High take its course.
¹⁸ The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, nor is there prudence in the counsel of sinners.	¹⁸ .
¹⁹ There is a shrewdness that is detestable, while the simple man may be free from sin.	¹⁹ .
²⁰ There are those with little understanding who fear God, and those of great intelligence who violate the law.	²⁰ All wisdom is the fear of the Lord, and in all wisdom there is the fulfilment of the law.
²¹ There is a shrewdness keen but dishonest, which by duplicity wins a judgment.	²¹ .
²² There is the wicked man who is bowed in grief, but is full of guile within;	²² But the knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, nor is there prudence where sinners take counsel.
²³ He bows his head and feigns not to hear, but when not observed, he will take advantage of you:	²³ There is a cleverness which is abominable, but there is a fool who merely lacks wisdom.
²⁴ Even though his lack of strength keeps him from sinning, when he finds the opportunity, he will do harm.	²⁴ Better is the God-fearing man who lacks intelligence, than the highly prudent man who transgresses the law.
²⁵ One can tell a man by his appearance; a wise man is known as such when first met.	²⁵ There is a cleverness which is scrupulous but unjust, and there are people who distort kindness to gain a verdict.
²⁶ A man's attire, his hearty laughter and his gait, proclaim him for what he is.	²⁶ There is a rascal bowed down in mourning, but inwardly he is full of deceit.
	²⁷ He hides his face and pretends not to hear; but where no one notices, he will forestall you.
	²⁸ And if by lack of strength he is prevented from sinning, he will do evil when he finds an opportunity.
	²⁹ A man is known by his appearance, and a sensible man is known by his face, when you meet him.
	³⁰ A man's attire and open-mouthed laughter, and a man's manner of walking, show what he is.

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