Ecclesiasticus 5:14
“Be not called a whisperer, and lye not in wait with thy tongue: for a foule shame is vpon the thiefe, and an euill condemnation vpon the double tongue.”
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Ecclesiasticus 5:14 Context
12If thou hast vnderstanding, answer thy neighbour, if not, lay thy hand vpon thy mouth. 13Honour and shame is in talke; and the tongue of man is his fall. 14Be not called a whisperer, and lye not in wait with thy tongue: for a foule shame is vpon the thiefe, and an euill condemnation vpon the double tongue. 15Be not ignorant of any thing, in a great matter or a small.
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Be not called a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue: for a foul shame is upon the thief, and an evil condemnation upon the double tongue.
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