“Say nothing harmful” Sirach 6

1 “Say nothing harmful, small or great; be not a foe instead of a friend; A bad name and disgrace will you acquire: “That for the evil man with double tongue!” 2 “Fall not into the grip of desire, lest, like fire, it consume your strength;” 3 “Your leaves it will eat, your fruits destroy, and you will be left a dry tree,” 4 “For contumacious desire destroy its owner and makes him the sport of his enemies.”