Sirach 21:10-15 Common English Bible (CEB)

10. The path of sinnersis made level with stones,but its end is the pit of hell.

11. Those who keep the Lawbecome masters of their thoughts;fearing the Lordleads ultimately to wisdom.

12. Those who aren’t cleverwon’t receive instruction,but there is a kind of clevernessthat makes troubles multiply.

13. The knowledge of the wisewill increase like a flood,and their counsel is likea stream of life.

14. The mind of a fool is like a broken jar:it can’t hold knowledge.

15. If those who understandhear a wise word;they will praise it and add to it.Those who like to indulge themselveshear it and are displeased,and they turn their back on it.

Sirach 21