Sirach 37:11-13

Common English Bible

¹¹ Don’t consult with a woman
about her rival,
        or with the cowardly about war;
    or with a merchant about business,
        or with a buyer about a sale;
    or with a slanderer about gratitude,
        or with the unmerciful about kindness;
    or with the idle about anything
    involving work,
        or with an annual laborer about
        finishing a job;
    or with a lazy household slave
    about a large task.
    Don’t look to these persons
    for any advice.
¹² Consult^[a] instead with a godly person
    whom you know
    keeps the commandments,
    who thinks the same way you do
    and will empathize with you if you fail.
¹³ Listen carefully to what
your own heart tells you,
    since nothing is more faithful
    to you than it.