Ben Sira 25:9

9 Happy is the one who finds a friend, and the one who speaks to attentive listeners.

Ben Sira 25:9 In-Context

7 I can think of nine whom I would call blessed, and a tenth my tongue proclaims: a man who can rejoice in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes.

8 Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife, and the one who does not plow with ox and ass together. Happy is the one who does not sin with the tongue, and the one who has not served an inferior.

9 Happy is the one who finds a friend, and the one who speaks to attentive listeners.

10 How great is the one who finds wisdom! But none is superior to the one who fears the Lord.

11 Fear of the Lord surpasses everything; to whom can we compare the one who has it?

Footnotes

• [a]. Lat Syr: Gk [good sense]