"Do not accustom your lips to utter oaths!" ~~ Ben Sira 23:9
"Quarrel not with a great man, lest you be compelled to give way, or with a stronger, lest you fall into his hands." ~~ Ben Sira 8:1
"Better healthy and poor than rich and poorly." ~~ Ben Sira 30:14
"If you throw up a stone, it will fall back on your head." ~~ Ben Sira 27:25
"Godfearingness will keep you far from sin." ~~ Ben Sira 1:21
"A man that cleanses himself after touching a corpse, and then touches it again, of what avail will his cleaning be? So with a man who fasts for his sins and then repeats them." ~~ Ben Sira 34:25,26
"The wise man will be silent till his time comes." ~~ Ben Sira 20:7
"Who gives charity makes a thankoffering. " ~~ Ben Sira 35:2
"A fool raises his voice in laughter, a wise man smiles in silence." ~~ Ben Sira 21:20
"Any wound is better than a wound in the heart." ~~ Ben Sira
"Envy not a wicked man, for you know not what his end will be!" ~~ Ben Sira 9:11
"As a seal of carnelian on a necklace of gold is a concert of music at a banquet of wine." ~~ Ben Sira
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