Sirach 37:11-13
Common English Bible
11 Don’t consult with a woman
about her rival,
or with the cowardly about war;
or with a merchant about business,
or with a buyer about a sale;
or with a slanderer about gratitude,
or with the unmerciful about kindness;
or with the idle about anything
involving work,
or with an annual laborer about
finishing a job;
or with a lazy household slave
about a large task.
Don’t look to these persons
for any advice.
12 Consult[a] instead with a godly person
whom you know
keeps the commandments,
who thinks the same way you do
and will empathize with you if you fail.
13 Listen carefully to what
your own heart tells you,
since nothing is more faithful
to you than it.
Footnotes
- Sirach 37:12 LXX persevere
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