Sirach 31:31

31 At a banquet of wine k 〈rebuke not〉k a friend,

lAnd 〈grieve him not in his joy〉l:

H B m 〈Speak to him〉m no reproachful word,

n 〈And quarrel not with him〉n oin the presence of (other) peopleo.

(h) 32:(35:)1–13. On behaviour at a banquet

(= 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 distichs).

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〈	indicate a restoration in the text.
H	Manuscript B, containing 30:11–33:3, 35:11–38:27, 39:15–49:15a; this consists of 19 leaves, and may be of the twelfth century.
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