Sirach 22:6

6 Ill-timed talk is like party music during mourning, but a whipping and discipline are wisdom at any time.

Sirach 22:6 In-Context

4 A prudent daughter will get a husband of her own, and a daughter in disgrace is a grief to her parents.
5 A disrespectful daughter shames her father and her husband, and both will despise her.
6 Ill-timed talk is like party music during mourning, but a whipping and discipline are wisdom at any time.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. LXXb adds 22:7–8 Children who are brought up to live a good life mask the lowly birth of their parents. Children who take pride in contempt and lack of education pollute the honorable name of their own family.
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