Sirach 28:14
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Slander has shaken up many people, scattered them from nation to nation, demolished mighty cities, and overthrown the houses of dignitaries.
If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: both come out of the mouth.
Many have had their lives ruined and have been driven from their homes because of people who meddled in their business. Such unwanted interference has resulted in the destruction of strong cities and the homes of respected people.
A meddlesome tongue subverts many, and makes them refugees among peoples. It destroys strong cities, and overthrows the houses of the great.
An intrusive tongue has disrupted the peace of many and driven them from country to country. It has resulted in the destruction of strong cities and overthrown the houses of the great.
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation; it has destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of the great.
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation; it has destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of the great.
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation; it has destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of the great.
Slander has shaken many and scattered them from nation to nation; it has destroyed strong cities and overturned the houses of the great.
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation, and destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of great men.
Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation, and destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of great men.
The third tongue hath stirred many men, and hath scattered them from folk into folk. It hath destroyed walled cities of rich men, and hath mined down (or undermined) the houses of great men. It hath cut down the virtues of peoples, and hath unknit strong folks. [The third tongue many men stirred, and scattered them from folk into folk. Walled cities of rich men it destroyed, and the houses of great men it minded out. The virtues of peoples it hewed down, and strong folks of kind it unknit.]
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