Sweet language will multiply friends: and a fairspeaking tongue will increase kind greetings.
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Sirach 6:5
Sweet words will multiply a man’s friends. A gracious tongue will multiply courtesies.
Parallel Translations
Sweet language will multiply friends: and a fairspeaking tongue will increase kind greetings.
Sweet language will multiply friends: and a fairspeaking tongue will increase kind greetings.
A swete talke multiplieth the friends [& pacifieth them that be at variance,] and a swete tongue increaseth muche good talke.