World English Bible

Sirach 22:15-22 World English Bible (WEB)

15. Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, Than a man without understanding.

16. Timber girded and bound into a building shall not be loosed with shaking: So a heart established in due season on well advised counsel shall not be afraid.

17. A heart settled upon a thoughtful understanding Is as an ornament of plaister on a polished wall.

18. Pales set on a high place will not stand against the wind: So a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.

19. He that pricks the eye will make tears to fall; And he that pricks the heart makes it to show feeling.

20. Whoso casts a stone at birds frays them away; And he that upbraids a friend will dissolve friendship.

21. If you have drawn a sword against a friend, despair not; For there may be a returning.

22. If you have opened your mouth against a friend, fear not; For there may be a reconciling; Except it be for upbraiding, and arrogance, and disclosing of a secret, and a treacherous blow: For these things every friend will flee.