Sirach 21:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ Someone may be famous as a good speaker, but when he is wrong, a sensible person will detect it.

⁸ Anyone who borrows money to build a house is just collecting stones for his own tomb.^[a]

⁹ A group of people who have no respect for the Law is like a pile of kindling; they will meet a fiery end.