Sirach 37:18-20

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¹⁸     it sprouts four branches,^[a]
good and evil, life and death,
    and it is the tongue that continually rules them.^(A)
19 Some people may be clever enough to teach many
    and yet be useless to themselves.^(B)
20 Skillful speakers may be hated;
    they will be destitute of all food,