27:14. The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin. 27:15. The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears. 27:16. In the quarrels of the road is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing. 27:17. He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind. 27:18. Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity. 27:19. But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him. 27:20. For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour. 27:21. And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again. 27:22. Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare because his soul is wounded. 27:23. Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation: And of a curse there is reconciliation... That is, it is easier to obtain a reconciliation after a curse, than after disclosing a secret. 27:24. But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul. 27:25. He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off: 27:26. In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock. 27:27. I have hated many things but not like him, and the Lord will hate him. 27:28. If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful. 27:29. He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it. 27:30. A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him. 27:31. Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him. 27:32. They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die. 27:33. Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them. Ecclesiasticus Chapter 28 Lessons against revenge and quarrels. The evils of the tongue. 28:1. He that seeketh to revenge himself, shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance. 28:2. Forgive thy neighbour if he hath hurt thee: and then shall thy sins be forgiven to thee when thou prayest. 28:3. Man to man reserveth anger, and doth he seek remedy of God? 28:4. He hath no mercy on a man like himself, and doth he entreat for his own sins? 28:5. He that is but flesh, nourisheth anger, and doth he ask forgiveness of God? who shall obtain pardon for his sins?