Sirach 5:12-14

Good News Translation

¹² Answer only if you know what to say, and if you don't know what to say, keep quiet. ¹³ Speaking can bring you either honor or disgrace; what you say can ruin you.

¹⁴ Don't get a reputation for being a gossip, and don't tell tales that will hurt people. Just as robbers will suffer disgrace, so liars will suffer severe condemnation.