Ben Sira 20:20

20 Nobody takes a proverb seriously when some fool quotes it at the wrong time.

Ben Sira 20:20 In-Context

18 A slip of the tongue is worse than a slip on the pavement; the wicked will go to ruin just as suddenly as a person slips and falls.

19 An impolite person is like one of those off-color stories that ignorant people are always telling.

20 Nobody takes a proverb seriously when some fool quotes it at the wrong time.

21 If a person is too poor to afford sin, he can rest without a guilty conscience.

22 You can lose all your self-respect by being reluctant to speak up in the presence of stupidity.