Sirach 20:27-29

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁷ The wise person advances himself by his words,
    and one who is sensible pleases the great.
²⁸ Those who cultivate the soil heap up their harvest,
    and those who please the great atone for injustice.
²⁹ Favors and gifts blind the eyes of the wise;
    like a muzzle on the mouth they stop reproofs.