Sirach 22:14-18

1. 14 What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a fool?

2. 15 Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, than a man without understanding.

3. 16 As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be loosed with shaking: so the heart that is stablished by advised counsel shall fear at no time.

4. 17 A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery.

5. 18 Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.

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