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Sirach 32:6
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6As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, so is the melody of musick with pleasant wine.
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4Pour not out words where there is a musician, and shew not forth wisdom out of time.
5A concert of musick in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold.
— Sirach 32:6 —
7Speak, young man, if there be need of thee: and yet scarcely when thou art twice asked.
8Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words; be as one that knoweth and yet holdeth his tongue.