Sirach 6:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Friendship, False and True

⁵Pleasant speech multiplies friends,
    and a gracious tongue multiplies courtesies.
⁶Let those who are friendly with you be many,
    but let your advisers be one in a thousand.
⁷When you gain friends, gain them through testing,
    and do not trust them hastily.

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