Sirach 27:18

18 Just as people destroy an enemy, so you have destroyed your friendship with your neighbors.

Sirach 27:18 In-Context

16 Those who reveal secrets have destroyed trust, and they will never find a friend for themselves.

17 Show affection to friends and be loyal to them, but if you reveal their secrets, don't follow after them.

18 Just as people destroy an enemy, so you have destroyed your friendship with your neighbors.

19 And as you set a bird free from your hand, so too you have let your neighbors go, and you won't catch them.

20 Don't pursue them, because they have withdrawn far away from you, and they have escaped like a gazelle from a trap.

Footnotes

• [a] Some manuscripts a corpse