Sirach 21:10-12

Good News Translation

¹⁰ The road that sinners walk is smooth and paved, but it leads to the world of the dead.

Wisdom and Foolishness

¹¹ Whoever wants to keep the Law must learn what the Law means. If you fear the Lord in every sense of the term, you will have wisdom. ¹² You have to be intelligent to learn anything; but there is such a thing as just pretending to be intelligent, which only makes people bitter.