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Sirach 21:24-26
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Sirach 21:24-26
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
24 It is ill-mannered for a person to listen at a door;
the discreet would be grieved by the disgrace.
25 The lips of babblers speak of what is not their concern,[a]
but the words of the prudent are weighed in the balance.
26 The mind of fools is in their mouth,
but the mouth of the wise is in[b] their mind.
Footnotes
- Sirach 21:25 Other ancient authorities read of strangers speak of these things
- Sirach 21:26 Other ancient authorities omit in
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