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Sirach 20:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The fool will say, “I have no friend, and I have no thanks for my good deeds. Those who eat my bread have an evil tongue.” "

Sirach 20:16

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14 The gift of a fool will not profit you, for he looks for repayment many times instead of one.

15 He will give little and insult much. He will open his mouth like a crier. Today he will lend, and tomorrow he will ask for it back. Such a one is a hateful man.

16 The fool will say, “I have no friend, and I have no thanks for my good deeds. Those who eat my bread have an evil tongue.”

17 How often, and of how many, will he be laughed to scorn!

18 A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.

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Sirach 20:1

"There is a reproof that is not timely; and there is a person who is wise enough to keep silent."

Sirach 20:2

"How good is it to reprove, rather than to be angry. He who confesses will be kept back from harm."

Sirach 20:4

"As is the lust of a eunuch to deflower a virgin, so is he who executes judgments with violence."

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"There is one who keeps silent and is found wise; and there is one who is hated for his much talk."

Sirach 20:6

"There is one who keeps silent, for he has no answer to make; And there is one who keeps silent, knowing when to speak."

Sirach 20:7

"A wise man will be silent until his time has come, but the braggart and fool will miss his time."

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