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Sirach 22:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 22:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Wisdom and Folly
9 Whoever teaches a fool is like one who glues potsherds together,
or who rouses a sleeper from deep slumber.
10 Whoever tells a story to a fool tells it to a drowsy man;
and at the end he will say, “What is it?”
11 Weep for the dead, for he has left the light behind;
and weep for the fool, for he has left intelligence behind.
Weep less bitterly for the dead, for he is at rest;
but the life of the fool is worse than death.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
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