Sirach 6:5

Friendship

5 Pleasant speech gains more friends for itself, and a sweet-speaking tongue will multiply pleasant exchanges.

Sirach 6:5 In-Context

3 You will devour your leaves, destroy your fruit, and leave yourself like a withered tree.

4 If you have a bad soul, it will destroy you; it will make you a joke to your enemies.

5 Pleasant speech gains more friends for itself, and a sweet-speaking tongue will multiply pleasant exchanges.

6 Let those who are at peace with you be many, but let only one in a thousand be your advisor.

7 If you make friends, test them thoroughly and don't trust them quickly.