Sirach 27:9-11

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁹Birds roost with their own kind,
so honesty comes home to those who practise it.
¹⁰A lion lies in wait for prey;
so does sin for evildoers.

Varieties of Speech

¹¹The conversation of the godly is always wise,
but the fool changes like the moon.

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