17 A heart settled upon a thoughtful understanding is as an ornament of plaster on a polished wall. (WEB) 18 Fences set on a high place will not stand against the wind; so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear. (WEB) 19 He who pricks the eye will make tears fall. He who pricks the heart makes it show feeling. (WEB)
Sirach 22:17–19
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Sirach 33:4–6
4 Prepare your speech, and so you will be heard. Bind up instruction, and make your answer. (WEB) 5 The heart of a fool is like a cartwheel. His thoughts are like a rolling axle. (WEB) 6 A stallion horse is like a mocking friend. He neighs under every one who sits upon him. (WEB)
Sirach 21:25–27
25 The lips of strangers will be grieved at these things, but the words of prudent men will be weighed in the balance. (WEB) 26 The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of wise men is their heart. (WEB) 27 When the ungodly curses an adversary, he curses his own soul. (WEB)
Sirach 21:13–15
13 The knowledge of a wise man will be made to abound as a flood, and his counsel as a fountain of life. (WEB) 14 The inward parts of a fool are like a broken vessel. He will hold no knowledge. (WEB) 15 If a man of knowledge hears a wise word, he will commend it and add to it. The… (WEB)
Sirach 27:5–7
5 The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his thoughts. (WEB) 6 The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation, so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart. (WEB) 7 Praise no man before you hear his thoughts, for this is how people are tes… (WEB)
Sirach 19:11–13
11 A fool will travail in pain with a word, as a woman in labor with a child. (WEB) 12 As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh, so is gossip in a fool. (WEB) 13 Question a friend; it may be he didn’t do it. If he did something, it may be that he may do it no more. (WEB)
Proverbs 17:9–11
9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends. 10 A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool. 11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 18:1–3
1 He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment. 2 A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions. 3 With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.
Proverbs 14:32–34
32 The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death. 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known. 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
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