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Ben Sira 20
Ben Sira 20:1-6
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Ben Sira 20:1-6
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1
There is a reproof which is not timely; and there is a man who keeps silent but is wise.
2
How much better it is to reprove than to stay angry! And the one who confesses his fault will be kept from loss.
4
Like a eunuch's desire to violate a maiden is a man who executes judgments by violence.
5
There is one who by keeping silent is found wise, while another is detested for being too talkative.
6
There is one who keeps silent because he has no answer, while another keeps silent because he knows when to speak.
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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.