Sirach 37:9-11

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁹ Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind:

¹⁰ Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee:

¹¹ Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee.