Sirach 21:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷ The assembly will be eager to hear from an intelligent person and will take his opinion seriously.

¹⁸ To an ignorant person, wisdom is as useless as a house gone to ruin. He has never even thought about the things he is so sure of. ¹⁹ To a person without any sense, an education is like handcuffs,