Sirach 18:19

19 Learn before you speak, and attend to yourself before you get sick.

Sirach 18:19 In-Context

17 Look! Doesn't a word exceed a good gift? And both come from a person who is gracious.

18 A fool reproaches ungraciously, and a gift from a begrudging giver becomes an eyesore.

19 Learn before you speak, and attend to yourself before you get sick.

20 Examine yourself before judgment, and you will be reconciled when you are examined.

21 Humble yourself before you get sick,