Good News Bible Anglicised

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 19:10-14 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

10. Have you heard a rumour? Let it die with you. Be brave! It won't make you explode.

11. A foolish person trying to keep a secret suffers like a woman in labour.

12. Whenever he hears a secret, it's like an arrow stuck in his leg.

13. If you hear that a friend has done something wrong, ask him about it. Maybe it isn't true. If it is true, he won't do it again.

14. If you hear that a neighbour has said something he shouldn't, ask him about it. Maybe he didn't say it. If he did, he won't say it again.