Sirach 11:6-8

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁶Many rulers have been utterly disgraced,
and the honoured have been handed over to others.

Deliberation and Caution

⁷Do not find fault before you investigate;
examine first, and then criticize.
⁸Do not answer before you listen,
and do not interrupt when another is speaking.

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