VerseRead all of Sirach 6 →
Sirach 6:5
Original
5Sweet language will multiply friends: and a fairspeaking tongue will increase kind greetings.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
3Thou shalt eat up thy leaves, and lose thy fruit, and leave thyself as a dry tree.
4A wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and shall make him to be laughed to scorn of his enemies.
— Sirach 6:5 —
6Be in peace with many: nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand.
7If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first and be not hasty to credit him.