Ben Sira 19:13

13 Question a friend; perhaps he did not do it; or if he did, so that he may not do it again.

Ben Sira 19:13 In-Context

11 Having heard something, the fool suffers birth pangs like a woman in labor with a child.

12 Like an arrow stuck in a person's thigh, so is gossip inside a fool.

13 Question a friend; perhaps he did not do it; or if he did, so that he may not do it again.

14 Question a neighbor; perhaps he did not say it; or if he said it, so that he may not repeat it.

15 Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe everything you hear.