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Sirach 6:1 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend; for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach. So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue. "

Sirach 6:1

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1 Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend; for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach. So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue.

2 Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul, that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull.

3 You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit, and leave yourself like a dry tree.

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Sirach 5:14

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"Don’t be called a whisperer. Don’t lie in wait with your tongue; for shame is on the thief, and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue."

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Sirach 5:9

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"Don’t winnow with every wind. Don’t walk in every path. This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does."

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Wisdom 1:11

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"Beware then of unprofitable murmuring, and keep your tongue from slander; because no secret utterance will go on its way void, and a lying mouth destroys a soul."

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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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Psalms 15:3

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"he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;"

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Proverbs 17:20

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"One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble."

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Sirach 6:2

"Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul, that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull."

Sirach 6:3

"You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit, and leave yourself like a dry tree."

Sirach 6:4

"A wicked soul will destroy him who has it, and will make him a laughing stock to his enemies."

Sirach 6:5

"Sweet words will multiply a man’s friends. A gracious tongue will multiply courtesies."

Sirach 6:6

"Let those that are at peace with you be many, but your advisers one of a thousand."

Sirach 6:7

"If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing, and don’t be in a hurry to trust him."

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