Sirach 19:12-14

Revised Standard Version

¹²Like an arrow stuck in the flesh of the thigh,
so is a word inside a fool.

¹³Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it;
but if he did anything, so that he may do it no more.
¹⁴Question a neighbor, perhaps he did not say it;
but if he said it, so that he may not say it again.

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