Sirach 27:20

20 Don't pursue them, because they have withdrawn far away from you, and they have escaped like a gazelle from a trap.

Sirach 27:20 In-Context

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20 Don't pursue them, because they have withdrawn far away from you, and they have escaped like a gazelle from a trap.

21 In the same way that it's possible to bandage a wound, there's also reconciliation for insult, but the one who has let a friend's secrets slip out has no hope.

22 Those who wink their eye plan evil, and whoever recognizes them will keep their distance.