16 Let reason be the beginning of every work. Let counsel go before every action. (WEB) 17 As a token of the changing of the heart, (WEB) 18 four kinds of things rise up: good and evil, life and death. That which rules over them continually is the tongue. (WEB)
Sirach 37:16–18
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