4 Don’t pour out talk where there is a performance of music. Don’t display your wisdom at the wrong time. (WEB)
Sirach 32:4
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Proverbs 23:8–10
8 You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words. 9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. 10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Sirach 10:25–27
25 Free men will minister to a wise servant. A man who has knowledge will not complain. (WEB) 26 Don’t flaunt your wisdom in doing your work. Don’t boast in the time of your distress. (WEB) 27 Better is he who labors and abounds in all things, than he who boasts and lacks bread. (WEB)
Sirach 4:22–24
22 Don’t show partiality, discrediting your soul. Don’t revere any man to your falling. (WEB) 23 Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair. (WEB) 24 For wisdom will be known by speech, and instruction by the word of the t… (WEB)
Sirach 22:5–7
5 She who is arrogant brings shame on father and husband. She will be despised by both of them. (WEB) 6 Ill-timed conversation is like music in mourning, but stripes and correction are wisdom in every season. (WEB) 7 He who teaches a fool is like one who glues potsherds together… (WEB)
Sirach 32:8–10
8 Sum up your speech, many things in few words. Be as one who knows and yet holds his tongue. (WEB) 9 When among great men, don’t behave as their equal. When another is speaking, don’t babble. (WEB) 10 Lightning speeds before thunder. Approval goes before one who is modest. (WEB)
Sirach 7:4–6
4 Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord, nor the seat of honor from the king. (WEB) 5 Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord, and don’t display your wisdom before the king. (WEB) 6 Don’t seek to be a judge, lest you not be able to take away iniquities, lest perhaps yo… (WEB)
Sirach 20:19–21
19 A man without grace is a tale out of season. It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant. (WEB) 20 A parable from a fool’s mouth will be rejected; for he won’t tell it at the proper time. (WEB) 21 There is one who is hindered from sinning through lack. When he rests, he… (WEB)
Sirach 20:6–8
6 There is one who keeps silent, for he has no answer to make; And there is one who keeps silent, knowing when to speak. (WEB) 7 A wise man will be silent until his time has come, but the braggart and fool will miss his time. (WEB) 8 He who uses many words will be abhorred. He w… (WEB)
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