# Sirach 20:1

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/20/1
- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 20](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/20)
- Background: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach#background-and-history
- JSON: https://apologetics.wiki/api/apocrypha/sirach/20/1
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There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.