Sirach 5:13-15

Good News Translation

¹³ Speaking can bring you either honor or disgrace; what you say can ruin you.

¹⁴ Don't get a reputation for being a gossip, and don't tell tales that will hurt people. Just as robbers will suffer disgrace, so liars will suffer severe condemnation. ¹⁵ Do nothing destructive,^[a] whether it seems insignificant or not,