Sirach 20:21-23

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²¹ A man without grace is as a vain fable, it shall be continually in the mouth of the unwise.

²² A parable coming out, of a fool's mouth shall be rejected: for he doth not speak it in due season.

²³ There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked.