Sirach 20:23-25

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²³Another out of shame makes promises to a friend,
and so makes an enemy for nothing.

Lying

²⁴A lie is an ugly blot on a person;
it is continually on the lips of the ignorant.
²⁵A thief is preferable to a habitual liar,
but the lot of both is ruin.

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