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Sirach 20:21
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21There is that is hindered from sinning through want: and when he taketh rest, he shall not be troubled.
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19An unseasonable tale will always be in the mouth of the unwise.
20A wise sentence shall be rejected when it cometh out of a fool’s mouth; for he will not speak it in due season.
— Sirach 20:21 —
22There is that destroyeth his own soul through bashfulness, and by accepting of persons overthroweth himself.
23There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.