Sirach 22:1-7
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1 A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace.
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2 A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand.
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3 An evilnurtured man is the dishonour of his father that begat him: and a [foolish] daughter is born to his loss.
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4 A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that liveth dishonestly is her father's heaviness.
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5 She that is bold dishonoureth both her father and her husband, but they both shall despise her.
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6 A tale out of season [is as] musick in mourning: but stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time.
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7 Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep.