Sirach 21:15

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

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

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Footnotes

Sirach 21:15 Syr: Gk reveller
Sirach 21:15 Syr: Gk dislikes

Sirach 21:15 in all English translations

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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