Sirach 19:13LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 13 of 28
"Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more."
In context
11At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning. in the bringing forth a child.
12As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool.
13Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more.
14Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again.
15Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed.