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The Evil Tongue

12 If you blow on a spark, it will glow;
    if you spit on it, it will be put out;
    and both come out of your mouth.

13 Curse the whisperer and deceiver,
    for he has destroyed many who were at peace.
14 Slander[a] has shaken many,
    and scattered them from nation to nation,
and destroyed strong cities,
    and overturned the houses of great men.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 28:14 Gk a third tongue

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