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. (WEB) 2 Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul, that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull. (WEB) 3 You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit, and leave yourself like a dry tree. (WEB)
Sirach 6:1–3
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Sirach 27:17–19
17 Love a friend, and keep faith with him; but if you reveal his secrets, you shall not follow him; (WEB) 18 for as a man has destroyed his enemy, so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor. (WEB) 19 As a bird which you have released out of your hand, so you have let you… (WEB)
Sirach 7:2–4
2 Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you. (WEB) 3 My son, don’t sow upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and you won’t reap them sevenfold. (WEB) 4 Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord, nor the seat of honor from the king. (WEB)
Tobit 12:9–11
9 Alms delivers from death, and it purges away all sin. Those who give alms and do righteousness will be filled with life; (WEB) 10 but those who sin are enemies to their own life. (WEB) 11 Surely I will conceal nothing from you. I have said, ‘It is good to conceal the secret of a… (WEB)
Sirach 18:30–32
30 Don’t go after your lusts. Restrain your appetites. (WEB) 31 If you give fully to your soul the delight of her desire, she will make you the laughing stock of your enemies. (WEB) 32 Don’t make merry in much luxury, and don’t be tied to its expense. (WEB)
Sirach 8:9–11
9 Don’t miss the discourse of the aged, for they also learned from their parents, because from them you will learn understanding, and to give an answer in time of need. (WEB) 10 Don’t kindle the coals of a sinner, lest you be burned with the flame of his fire. (WEB) 11 Don’t rise… (WEB)
Wisdom of Solomon 1:11–13
11 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. (WEB) 12 Don’t court death in the error of your life. Don’t draw destruction upon yourselves by the works o… (WEB)
Sirach 1:29–30
29 Don’t be a hypocrite in men’s sight. Keep watch over your lips. (WEB) 30 Don’t exalt yourself, lest you fall and bring dishonor upon your soul. The Lord will reveal your secrets and will cast you down in the midst of the congregation, because you didn’t come to the fea… (WEB)
Sirach 5:13–15
13 Glory and dishonor is in talk. A man’s tongue may be his downfall. (WEB) 14 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. (WEB) 15 Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matt… (WEB)
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