Sirach 20:15-21 – MoralMinute http://moralminute.com Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:37:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 Sirach 20:15-21 http://moralminute.com/sirach-2015-21/ Thu, 07 Oct 2021 20:56:56 +0000 http://moralminute.com/?p=248 {20:15} He will give little, and reproach much. And the opening of his mouth is like a burning flame.
{20:16} There is one who lends today and demands repayment tomorrow. A man such as this is hateful.
{20:17} A foolish man will not have a friend, and there will be no thanks for his good deeds.
{20:18} For those who eat his bread have a false tongue. How often and how many are those who will ridicule him!
{20:19} For what he possesses, he does not distribute with correct understanding. And he acts similarly with what he does not possess.
{20:20} The slip of a false tongue is like someone who falls upon pavement. Such a fall for the wicked will arrive quickly.
{20:21} A disagreeable man is like a pointless fable; it will be continually in the mouth of the undisciplined.

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