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Sirach 32:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 32:7-9
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 Speak, you who are young, if you are obliged to,
but no more than twice and only if asked.(A)
8 Be brief; say much in few words;
be as one who knows and can still hold his tongue.(B)
9 Among the great do not act as their equal;
and when another is speaking, do not babble.(C)
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