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Ben Sira 20
Ben Sira 20:1-6
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There is a rebuke that is untimely, and there is the person who is wise enough to keep silent.
2
How much better it is to rebuke than to fume!
3
And the one who admits his fault will be kept from failure.
4
Like a eunuch lusting to violate a girl is the person who does right under compulsion.
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Some people keep silent and are thought to be wise, while others are detested for being talkative.
6
Some people keep silent because they have nothing to say, while others keep silent because they know when to speak.
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