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Sirach 19:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh, so is gossip in a fool. "

Sirach 19:12

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10 Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Be brave: it will not make you burst!

11 A fool will travail in pain with a word, as a woman in labor with a child.

12 As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh, so is gossip in a fool.

13 Question a friend; it may be he didn’t do it. If he did something, it may be that he may do it no more.

14 Question your neighbor; it may be he didn’t say it. If he has said it, it may be that he may not say it again.

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Proverbs 18:8

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"For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity."

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"The chatter of a fool is like a burden in the way, but grace will be found on the lips of the wise."

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Jeremiah 9:8

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"Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him."

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Sirach 21:14

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"The inward parts of a fool are like a broken vessel. He will hold no knowledge."

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"A worker who is a drunkard will not become rich. He who despises small things will fall little by little."

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"Wine and women will make men of understanding go astray. He who joins with prostitutes is reckless."

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"Decay and worms will have him as their heritage. A reckless soul will be taken away."

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"He who is hasty to trust is shallow-hearted. He who sins offends against his own soul."

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"He who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned."

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"He who hates gossip has less wickedness."

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