Sir 3:22

“What God hath commanded thee, think upon always, and in many of his works be not curious. These last words are spoken especially to the learned; in which Ecclesiasticus teaches to think on useful things and to avoid curious things. Useful things indeed direct us in the way of salvation; but curious things distract us from the way of salvation and dissipate our understanding. A great part of understanding is lost on account of curiosity; and yet nothing in us is more precious than understanding. We grieve greatly when we lose gold; we ought to grieve much more if we lose understanding, because nothing is so dear as the act of understanding.”

“Hence, meditation on the Law is supremely necessary. The Psalm reads: Happy the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked, but delights in the Law of the Lord. He is like a tree planted near running water. And Ecclesiasticus: The things that God hath commanded thee, think on them always, and in many of His works be not curious.”