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Sirach 20:6-8
Common English Bible
Sirach 20:6-8
Common English Bible
6 There are those who keep silent
because they have nothing to say
in response,
and there are those who keep silent
because they know the right time.
7 Wise people keep silent
until the proper moment,
but those who swagger and are senseless will miss the right moment.
8 Those who talk excessively will be loathed,
and those who pretend
to have authority will be hated.[a]
Footnotes
- Sirach 20:8 LXXb How good it is when someone who is reproved shows a changed heart and mind! In this way, you will escape sinning voluntarily.
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