Sirach 21:13-15

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¹³The knowledge of the wise will increase like a flood,
and their counsel like a life-giving spring.
¹⁴The mind^[a] of a fool is like a broken jar;
it can hold no knowledge.

¹⁵When an intelligent person hears a wise saying,
he praises it and adds to it;
when a fool^[b] hears it, he laughs at^[c] it
and throws it behind his back.

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Footnotes

Sirach 21:14 Syr Lat: Gk entrails
Sirach 21:15 Syr: Gk reveler
Sirach 21:15 Syr: Gk dislikes

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