Sirach 8:13 CPDV

¹¹  Do not allow the discourse of your elders to pass you by. For they have learned from their fathers.

¹²  And from them, you will learn understanding, and you will learn what response to give in a time of necessity.

¹³  You should not kindle the coals of sinners by arguing with them. For you might be scorched by the flame from the fire of their sins.

¹⁴  You should not stand against the face of a contemptuous person, otherwise he may sit down as if waiting in ambush against your words.

¹⁵  You should not lend to a man who is stronger than you. But if you do lend, consider it lost.