Sirach 28:23-25

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²³ Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands.

²⁴ For its yoke is a yoke of iron: and its bands are bands of brass.

²⁵ The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it.