Sirach 20:17-19

Wycliffe Bible

¹⁷ how often, and how many men shall scorn him?(!) For he parteth [or he dealed] not by even wit that, that was worthy to be had; in like manner and that, that was not worthy to be had.

¹⁸ The falling of a false tongue is as he that falleth in (or on) the pavement; so the falls of evil men shall come hastily. [The sliding of the false tongue as he that is falling in (or on) the pavement; so the fallings of evil men hastily shall come.]

¹⁹ A man without grace is as a vain fable; and it shall be customable in the mouth of unlearned men. [An unkind man as a vain fable; and it shall be often in the mouth of the undisciplined.]