Sirach 21:14

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

Sirach 21:14 In-Context

12 Those who aren't clever won't receive instruction, but there is a kind of cleverness that makes troubles multiply. will increase like a flood, and their counsel is like a stream of life.

13 The knowledge of the wise

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

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

16 A fool's endless talk is a burden while on a journey, but grace will be found on the lips of the intelligent.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX entrails