Common English Bible

Sirach 22:1-10 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. People who are afraid to actare like filthy stones;everyone will hiss at their dishonor.

2. People who are afraid to actare like clumps of cow manure;those who pick it upwill shake off their hand.

3. An uneducated son is a disgraceto a father,and a daughter’s birth is a liability.

4. A prudent daughterwill get a husband of her own,and a daughter in disgraceis a grief to her parents.

5. A disrespectful daughtershames her father and her husband,and both will despise her.

6. Ill-timed talk is like party musicduring mourning,but a whipping and disciplineare wisdom at any time.

9. Whoever teaches a foolis gluing together a broken potor waking up someoneout of a deep sleep.

10. Whoever talks with a foolconverses with someone who is drowsy;when the conversation is over,the fool will say, "What is it?