Sirach 5:8-10

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁸Do not depend on dishonest wealth,
for it will not benefit you on the day of calamity.

⁹Do not winnow in every wind,
or follow every path.^[a]
¹⁰Stand firm for what you know,
and let your speech be consistent.

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Footnotes

Sirach 5:9 Gk adds so it is with the double-tongued sinner (see 6.1)

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