18 Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance. 19 He who reveals secrets is a constant gossip; avoid the one who babbles with his lips. 20 Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Proverbs 20:18–20
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Sirach 8:16–18
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Sirach 28:12–14
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Sirach 37:9–11
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Proverbs 13:2–4
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Proverbs 25:8–10
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Sirach 21:27–28
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Sirach 13:11–13
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