Good News Translation
My children, listen and I will teach you the circumstances when it is proper to be ashamed. Sometimes it is entirely out of place.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore show respect for my words; for it is not good to feel shame in every circumstance, nor is every kind of abashment to be approved.

Contemporary English Version
Certain deeds are shameful, although not everyone agrees what these are. So listen carefully, and I will tell you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.

A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.

Sirach 41:14
The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.

Sirach 41:15
Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.

Sirach 41:17
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?

Sirach 41:18
Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.