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Sirach 20:16-18
Common English Bible
Sirach 20:16-18
Common English Bible
16 Fools say, “I don’t have a friend,
and there’s no gratitude
for my good deeds.”
Those who eat the bread of such people
have mean tongues.
17 How many will ridicule them,
and how often?[a]
18 A slip on the pavement is preferable
to a slip of the tongue;
so the downfall of evil people
will come quickly.
Footnotes
- Sirach 20:17 LXXb adds They haven’t received what they have with real feeling, and what they don’t have is similarly indifferent to them.
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