Sirach 3:28-30

Wycliffe Bible

²⁸ Health (or Deliverance) shall not be to the synagogue of proud men; for why the thick wood of sin shall be drawn out by the root in them, and it shall not be understood, of (or by) sinners who will not think on God’s dooms. [To the synagogue of proud men shall not be health; forsooth the thick bush of sin in them shall be taken up by the root, and it shall not be understanded.]

²⁹ The heart of a wise man is understood in wisdom, and a good ear shall hear wisdom with all covetousness. A wise heart and able to understand shall abstain itself from sins, and shall have prosperities in the works of rightfulness. [The heart of the wise man is understanded in wisdom, and the good ear shall hear with all coveting wisdom. The wise heart and understandable shall abstain himself from sins, and in works of rightwiseness welsome after-comings shall have.]

³⁰ Water quencheth (a) fire burning, and alms-[deeds] against-standeth sins.