Sirach 4:8

8 Listen to the poor, and reply with peaceful and gentle speech.

Sirach 4:8 In-Context

6 If some curse you in their bitter circumstances, the one who made them will hear their prayer.
7 Behave yourself pleasantly in the assembly, and bow your head to an influential person.
8 Listen to the poor, and reply with peaceful and gentle speech.
9 Set the wronged free from the hand of the wrongdoer, and don't be timid when you give judgment.
10 Be like a parent to orphans, and take care of their mothers as for your own wife or husband. Do this, and you will be like a child of the Most High, and God will love you more than your own mother does.
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