Sirach 42:3-6 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

3. in a word among companions and fellow travelers, or by distributing the inheritance of friends;

4. in the fairness of scales and weights, or in acquiring much or little;

5. by the corruption of buying and negotiating, or in the ample discipline of children, or in causing the side of a wicked servant to bleed.

6. A seal is good over a wicked wife.

Sirach 42