Sirach 6:3
King James VersionSource notes
“Thou shalt eat up thy leaves, and lose thy fruit, and leave thyself as a dry tree.”
Context
1Instead of a friend become not an enemy; for thereby thou shalt inherit an ill name, shame, and reproach: even so shall a sinner that hath a double tongue.
2Extol not thyself in the counsel of thine own heart; that thy soul be not torn in pieces as a bull straying alone.
3Thou shalt eat up thy leaves, and lose thy fruit, and leave thyself as a dry tree.
4A wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and shall make him to be laughed to scorn of his enemies.
5Sweet language will multiply friends: and a fairspeaking tongue will increase kind greetings.
6Be in peace with many: nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand.