Sirach 27:2-4

Wycliffe Bible

² As a stake is fastened in the midst of a heap of stones, so and a man shall be anguished by sins betwixt the midst of selling and buying. Trespass shall be all-broken with him that trespasseth. [As in the middle of a joining of stones a pale, or a stake, fixed is, so between the middle of buying and selling he shall be anguished with sins. He shall be treaded with guilting guilt.]

³ If thou holdest not thee diligently in the dread of the Lord, thine house shall soon be turned up-side down.

⁴ As dust shall dwell in the holes of a riddle, so the anguish of a man shall dwell in the thought(s) of him. [As in the smiting of a sieve shall abide still powder, so the poorness of a man in the thinking of him.]