Ben Sira 19:13

13 Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything, so that he may do it no more.

Ben Sira 19:13 In-Context

11 With such a word a fool will suffer pangs like a woman in labor with a child.

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

13 Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything, so that he may do it no more.

14 Question a neighbor, perhaps he did not say it; but if he said it, so that he may not say it again.

15 Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe everything you hear.