Sirach 22:7
Good News Translation
Trying to teach a fool is like gluing a broken pot back together, like waking someone out of a deep sleep.

Contemporary English Version
Bring up your children well and no one will guess you were poor as a child.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that teacheth a fool, is like one that glueth a potsherd together.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He that teacheth a fool, is like one that glueth a potsherd together.

Sirach 22:5
She that is bold shameth both her father and husband, and will not be inferior to the ungodly: and shall be disgraced by them both.

Sirach 22:6
A tale out of time is like music in mourning: but the stripes and instruction of wisdom are never out of time.

Sirach 22:8
He that telleth a word to him that heareth not, is like one that waketh a man out of a deep sleep.

Sirach 22:9
He speaketh with one that is asleep, who uttereth wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the discourse he saith: Who is this?

Context
Sirach 22
6A tale out of time is like music in mourning: but the stripes and instruction of wisdom are never out of time. 7He that teacheth a fool, is like one that glueth a potsherd together. 8He that telleth a word to him that heareth not, is like one that waketh a man out of a deep sleep.…
Cross References
Sirach 22:5
She that is bold shameth both her father and husband, and will not be inferior to the ungodly: and shall be disgraced by them both.

Sirach 22:6
A tale out of time is like music in mourning: but the stripes and instruction of wisdom are never out of time.

Sirach 22:8
He that telleth a word to him that heareth not, is like one that waketh a man out of a deep sleep.

Sirach 22:9
He speaketh with one that is asleep, who uttereth wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the discourse he saith: Who is this?



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 22:6
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