Sirach 8:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ Be not surety above thy power: and if thou be surety, think as if thou wert to pay it.

¹⁷ Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just.

¹⁸ Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he burden thee with his evils: for he goeth according to his own will, and thou shalt perish together with his folly.