Sirach 8:1-3

Wycliffe Bible

8 Chide thou not with a mighty man, lest thou fall into his hands. [Strive thou not with a mighty man, lest peradventure thou fall in the hands of him.]

² Strive thou not with a rich man, lest peradventure he make (a) play again-ward to (or towards) thee [or lest again-ward he set strife to thee]. For why gold and silver hath lost (or destroyed) many men; and it stretcheth forth till to the heart[s] of kings, and turneth (them).

³ Chide thou not with a man, a jangler, and lay thou not trees into his fire. [Strive thou not with a tonguey man, and do not prepare thou into the fire of him wood.]