Sirach 27:15-17

Good News Translation

¹⁵ It is painful to listen to them insult each other, and such blustering can lead to violence.

Betraying Secrets

^16 (A)If you repeat secrets that have been told to you, you are destroying the confidence others have in you, and you will never have a close friend. ¹⁷ Respect your friends, and keep faith with them. If you do betray a friend's confidence, you may as well forget you have a friend.