Sirach 5:17LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 17 of 18

"For confusion and repentance is upon a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace upon the double tongued, but to the whisperer hatred, and enmity, and reproach."
Sirach 5:17

In context

15Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his ruin.

16Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue, and confounded.

17For confusion and repentance is upon a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace upon the double tongued, but to the whisperer hatred, and enmity, and reproach.

18Justify alike the small and the great.

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