Holy Scripture
Sirach 19:12
A church father on this verse
“"Like an arrow stuck in a dog's leg are words in the heart of a fool." The dog is at times explained in a good sense, at times in a bad. The good sense one finds in the Psalter: "They return at evening, hungry as dogs, and roam about the city," which indicates the doctors of Judaism who hunger for the justice of God's…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh, So is a word within a fool’s belly.
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In context
10If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee; And be bold, it will not burst thee.
11A fool travaileth with a word, As a woman in labor of a child.
— Sirach 19:12 —
13Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: And if he have done it, that he do it no more.
14Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: And if he have, that he speak it not again.