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Ben Sira 8:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

3 Do not quarrel with loud-mouths,
    or heap wood upon their fire.[a](A)
4 Do not associate with the senseless,
    lest your ancestors be insulted.

5 Do not reproach one who turns away from sin;(B)
    remember, we all are guilty.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 8:3 One should avoid increasing the ire of those who are hotheaded; cf. vv. 10, 16.
  2. 8:5 We all are guilty: cf. 1 Kgs 8:46; 2 Chr 6:36; Jb 25:4; Eccl 7:20; Rom 3:9–10; 5:12; 1 Jn 1:8.
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