Sirach 20:19-21

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹An ungracious man is like a story told at the wrong time,
which is continually on the lips of the ignorant.
²⁰A proverb from a fool’s lips will be rejected,
for he does not tell it at its proper time.

²¹A man may be prevented from sinning by his poverty,
so when he rests he feels no remorse.

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