Sirach 19:15

¹⁵ Question a friend; for many times there is slander. Don’t trust every word. (WEB)

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Romans 14:15–17

¹⁵ If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died. ¹⁶ Do not allow what you consider good, then, to be spoken of as evil. ¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eati…

Sirach 11:6–8

⁶ Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced. Men of renown have been delivered into other men’s hands. (WEB) ⁷ Don’t blame before you investigate. Understand first, and then rebuke. (WEB) ⁸ Don’t answer before you have heard. Don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking. (WEB)

Sirach 19:7–9

⁷ Never repeat what is told you, and you won’t lose anything. (WEB) ⁸ Whether it is of friend or foe, don’t tell it. Unless it is a sin to you, don’t reveal it. (WEB) ⁹ For if he has heard you and observed you, when the time comes, he will hate you. (WEB)

Sirach 7:11–13

¹¹ Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts. (WEB) ¹² Don’t devise a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend. (WEB) ¹³ Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good. (WEB)

Proverbs 25:8–10

⁸ do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame? ⁹ Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence, ¹⁰ lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.

Sirach 6:6–8

⁶ Let those that are at peace with you be many, but your advisers one of a thousand. (WEB) ⁷ If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing, and don’t be in a hurry to trust him. (WEB) ⁸ For there is a friend just for an occasion. He won’t continue in the day of your… (WEB)

Sirach 37:9–11

⁹ and say to you, “Your way is good.” Then he will stand near you, to see what will happen to you. (WEB) ¹⁰ Don’t take counsel with one who looks askance at you. Hide your counsel from those who are jealous of you. (WEB) ¹¹ Don’t consult with a woman about her rival, with a coward… (WEB)

Ecclesiastes 7:20–22

²⁰ Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins. ²¹ Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you. ²² For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

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