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Wisdom of Ben Sira 21:26-28
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 21:26-28
New Catholic Bible
26 The heart of fools is in their mouth,
but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
27 When a godless man curses an adversary,[a]
he is cursing himself.
28 A scandal-monger degrades himself
and earns the hatred of his neighbors.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 21:27 Adversary: three senses have been attributed to this term: (1) when godless persons curse an adversary for leading them into sin, they are really cursing themselves for having succumbed; (2) the adversary they curse is the sinful nature of human beings; or (3) the adversary they curse is the devil, for the Hebrew word used is satan (see 1 Chr 21:1; Zec 3:2; 2 Pet 2:12f; Jude 9).
