Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 20:17-21 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

17. And he's right — he's a constant joke to everyone.

18. A slip of the tongue is worse than a slip on the pavement; the wicked will go to ruin just as suddenly as a person slips and falls.

19. An impolite person is like one of those indecent stories that ignorant people are always telling.

20. Nobody takes a proverb seriously when some fool quotes it at the wrong time.

21. If a person is too poor to afford sin, he can rest without a guilty conscience.

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