Sirach 21:23-25

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²³A boor peers into the house from the door,
but a cultivated person remains outside.
²⁴It is ill-mannered for a person to listen at a door;
the discreet would be grieved by the disgrace.

²⁵The lips of babblers speak of what is not their concern,^[a]
but the words of the prudent are weighed in the balance.

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Sirach 21:25 Other ancient authorities read of strangers speak of these things

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