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Sirach 27:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Love a friend, and keep faith with him; but if you reveal his secrets, you shall not follow him; "

Sirach 27:17

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15 The strife of the proud leads to bloodshed. Their abuse of each other is a grievous thing to hear.

16 He who reveals secrets destroys trust, and will not find a close friend.

17 Love a friend, and keep faith with him; but if you reveal his secrets, you shall not follow him;

18 for as a man has destroyed his enemy, so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor.

19 As a bird which you have released out of your hand, so you have let your neighbor go, and you will not catch him again.

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Sirach 19:8

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Sirach 22:22

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"He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips."

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Proverbs 17:9

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"He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends."

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Micah 7:5

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"Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!"

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Deuteronomy 13:8

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"you shall not consent to him nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him;"

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Sirach 27:1

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

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"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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