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Sirach 21:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 21:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 The knowledge of the wise will increase like a flood
and their counsel like a life-giving spring.(A)
14 The mind[a] of a fool is like a broken jar;
it can hold no knowledge.(B)
15 When intelligent people hear a wise saying,
they praise it and add to it;
when fools[b] hear it, they laugh at[c] it
and throw it behind their backs.(C)
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