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Sirach

KJV with Apocrypha

Unverified edition · Chapter 12

Reading language: English · Original language (catalog): Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek

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Sirach 12:1

When thou wilt do good know to whom thou doest it; so shalt thou be thanked for thy benefits.

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Sirach 12:2

Do good to the godly man, and thou shalt find a recompence; and if not from him, yet from the most High.

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Sirach 12:3

There can no good come to him that is always occupied in evil, nor to him that giveth no alms.

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Sirach 12:4

Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner.

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Sirach 12:5

Do well unto him that is lowly, but give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not unto him, lest he overmaster thee thereby: for else thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done unto him.

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Sirach 12:6

For the most High hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance unto the ungodly, and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment.

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Sirach 12:7

Give unto the good, and help not the sinner.

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Sirach 12:8

A friend cannot be known in prosperity: and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.

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Sirach 12:9

In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will depart.

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Sirach 12:10

Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness.

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Sirach 12:11

Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a lookingglass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away.

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Sirach 12:12

Set him not by thee, lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; neither let him sit at thy right hand, lest he seek to take thy seat, and thou at the last remember my words, and be pricked therewith.

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Sirach 12:13

Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, or any such as come nigh wild beasts?

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Sirach 12:14

So one that goeth to a sinner, and is defiled with him in his sins, who will pity?

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Sirach 12:15

For a while he will abide with thee, but if thou begin to fall, he will not tarry.

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Sirach 12:16

An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he imagineth how to throw thee into a pit: he will weep with his eyes, but if he find opportunity, he will not be satisfied with blood.

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Sirach 12:17

If adversity come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first; and though he pretend to help thee, yet shall he undermine thee.

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Sirach 12:18

He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.

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