Sirach 20:20-22

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²⁰A proverb from a fool’s lips will be rejected,
for he does not tell it at the proper time.

²¹One may be prevented from sinning by poverty;
so when he rests he feels no remorse.
²²One may lose his life through shame,
or lose it because of human respect.^[a]

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Sirach 20:22 Other ancient authorities read his foolish look

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