Sirach 19:10-12 Common English Bible (CEB)

10. Have you heard some word?Let it perish along with you.Have courage!It won’t make you burst.

11. Because of something spoken,a fool will suffer labor painslike those caused by a babyabout to be delivered.

12. Like an arrow stuck in a thigh,so is a word in the belly of a fool.

Sirach 19