Sirach 21:8-10

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁸ He that is mighty by a bold tongue is known afar off, but a wise man knoweth to slip by him.

⁹ He that buildeth his house at other men's charges, is as he that gathereth himself stones to build in the winter.

¹⁰ The congregation of sinners is like tow heaped together, and the end of them is a flame of fire.