Ben Sira 20:20

20 The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

Ben Sira 20:20 In-Context

18 For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!
19 For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had.
20 The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
21 A man without grace is as a vain fable, it shall be continually in the mouth of the unwise.
22 A parable coming out, of a fool's mouth shall be rejected: for he doth not speak it in due season.
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