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. (WEB) 20 Don’t pursue him, for he has gone far away, and has escaped like a gazelle out of the snare. (WEB) 21 For a wound may be bound up, and after abuse there may be reconciliation; but he who reveals secrets is without hope. (WEB)
Sirach 27:19–21
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Wisdom of Solomon 16:13–15
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Sirach 38:20–22
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Job 12:13–15
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Job 27:21–23
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Job 20:7–9
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Proverbs 26:1–3
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Sirach 13:11–13
11 Don’t try to speak with him as an equal, and don’t believe his many words; for he will test you with much talk, and will examine you in a smiling manner. (WEB) 12 He who doesn’t keep secrets to himself is unmerciful. He won’t hesitate to harm and to bind. (WEB) 13 Keep them to y… (WEB)
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