Sirach 21:7-9

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⁷He who is mighty in speech is known from afar;
but the sensible man, when he slips, is aware of it.

⁸A man who builds his house with other people’s money
is like one who gathers stones for his burial mound.^[a]
⁹An assembly of the wicked is like tow gathered together,
and their end is a flame of fire.

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Sirach 21:8 Other authorities read for the winter

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