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SIR 12:1  If thou do good, know to whom thou dost it, and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds.

SIR 12:2  Do good to the just, and thou shalt find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord.

SIR 12:3  For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent.

SIR 12:4  Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance.

SIR 12:5  Give to the good, and receive not a sinner.

SIR 12:6  Do good to the humble, and give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not to him, lest thereby he overmaster thee.

SIR 12:7  For thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done to him: for the Highest also hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly.

SIR 12:8  A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity.

SIR 12:9  In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity.

SIR 12:10  Never trust thy enemy: for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth:

SIR 12:11  Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him.

SIR 12:12  Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat: and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.

SIR 12:13  Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins.

SIR 12:14  For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.

SIR 12:15  An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.

SIR 12:16  An enemy weepeth with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood:

SIR 12:17  And if evils come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first.

SIR 12:18  An enemy hath tears in his eyes, and while he pretendeth to help thee, will undermine thy feet.

Sirach

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