Sirach 20:29-31

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁹ A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones.

³⁰ He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall be exalted: and he that pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity.

³¹ Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct.