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Sirach 27:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Limit your time among people void of understanding, but persevere among the thoughtful. "

Sirach 27:12

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10 The lion lies in wait for prey. So does sin for those who do evil.

11 The discourse of a godly man is always wise, but the fool changes like the moon.

12 Limit your time among people void of understanding, but persevere among the thoughtful.

13 The talk of fools is offensive. Their laughter is wantonly sinful.

14 Their talk with much swearing makes hair stand upright. Their strife makes others plug their ears.

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Sirach 22:13

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"Don’t talk much with a foolish man, and don’t go to one who has no understanding. Beware of him, lest you have trouble and be defiled in his onslaught. Turn away from him, and you will find rest, and you won’t be wearied in his madness."

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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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Sirach 27:1

"Many have sinned for profit. He who seeks to multiply wealth will turn his eye away."

Sirach 27:2

"As a nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones, so sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling."

Sirach 27:3

"Unless a person holds on diligently to the fear of the Lord, his house will be overthrown quickly."

Sirach 27:4

"In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains, so does the filth of man in his thoughts."

Sirach 27:5

"The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his thoughts."

Sirach 27:6

"The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation, so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart."

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