New American Bible, Revised Edition

Ben Sira 28:7-13 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

7. Remember the commandments and do not be angry with your neighbor;remember the covenant of the Most High, and overlook faults.

8. Avoid strife and your sins will be fewer,for the hot-tempered kindle strife;

9. The sinner disrupts friendshipsand sows discord among those who are at peace.

10. The more the wood, the greater the fire,the more the cruelty, the fiercer the strife;The greater the strength, the sterner the anger,the greater the wealth, the greater the wrath.

11. Pitch and resin make fire flare up,and a hasty quarrel provokes bloodshed.

12. If you blow on a spark, it turns into flame,if you spit on it, it dies out;yet both you do with your mouth!

13. Cursed be gossips and the double-tongued,for they destroy the peace of many.