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Ben Sira 6
Ben Sira 6:1-7
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Ben Sira 6:1-7
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and do not become an enemy instead of a friend; for a bad name incurs shame and reproach: so fares the double-tongued sinner.
2
Do not exalt yourself through your soul's counsel, lest your soul be torn in pieces like a bull.
3
You will devour your leaves and destroy your fruit, and will be left like a withered tree.
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An evil soul will destroy him who has it, and make him the laughingstock of his enemies.
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A pleasant voice multiplies friends, and a gracious tongue multiplies courtesies.
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Let those that are at peace with you be many, but let your advisers be one in a thousand.
7
When you gain a friend, gain him through testing, and do not trust him hastily.
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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.