Sirach 21:3-8 World English Bible (WEB)

3. All iniquity is as a two-edged sword; Its stroke has no healing.

4. Terror and violence will lay waste riches; So the house of a haughty man shall be laid waste.

5. Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of God, And his judgement comes speedily.

6. One that hates reproof is in the path of the sinner; And he that fears the Lord will turn again in his heart.

7. He that is mighty in tongue is known afar off: But the man of understanding knows when he slips.

8. He that builds his house with other men’s money Is like one that gathers himself stones against winter.

Sirach 21