Good News Translation
Just as animals of the same species flock together, so people keep company with people like themselves.

New Revised Standard Version
All living beings associate with their own kind, and people stick close to those like themselves.

Contemporary English Version
love their own kind.

New American Bible
Every living being keeps close to its own kind; and people associate with their own kind.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin.

Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin.

Sirach 13:14
Affect not to speak with him as an equal, and believe not his many words: for by much talk he will sift thee, and smiling will examine thee concerning thy secrets.

Sirach 13:15
His cruel mind will lay up thy words: and he will not spare to do thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison.

Sirach 13:17
When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake.

Sirach 13:18
Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.