Sirach 5:11-13

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹¹Be quick to hear,
but deliberate in answering.
¹²If you know what to say, answer your neighbour;
but if not, put your hand over your mouth.

¹³Honour and dishonour come from speaking,
and the tongue of mortals may be their downfall.

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