Sirach 19:15–17
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Latin
15Question a friend, for often it is slander;
so do not believe everything you hear.
16A person may make a slip without intending it.
Who has never sinned with his tongue?
17Question your neighbor before you threaten him;
and let the law of the Most High take its course.
Copyright 1952, 1946, 1971, 1957, 1977 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.