Sirach 8:3-5

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³ For gold and silver hath destroyed many, and hath reached even to the heart of kings, and perverted them.

⁴ Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.

⁵ Communicate not with an ignorant man, lest he speak ill of thy family.