Sirach 21:7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ Those who are powerful in speech
are widely known,
    but those who are thoughtful
    know when they slip.

⁸ Those who build their houses
with another person’s money
    are like those who gather stones
    for their own burial mound.
⁹ A gathering of lawless people
is the same as bundled flax;
    their end is a flaming fire.