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Sirach 32:1-6 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

1. Have they appointed you as a leader? Do not be willing to be extolled. Be among them as one of them.

2. Have concern for them, and in this way sit down with them, and when you have explained all your concerns, sit back.

3. Then you may rejoice because of them, and you may receive a crown as an adornment of grace, and so obtain the dignity of the assembly.

4. Speak, you who are greater by birth. For it is fitting for you

5. to speak the first word with careful knowledge. But you should not hinder the music.

6. Where no one is listening, you should not pour out words. And do not choose to be extolled improperly for your wisdom.

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