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Sirach 12:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Do good to one who is lowly. Don’t give to an ungodly man. Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him, lest he subdue you with it; for you would receive twice as much evil for all the good you would have done to him. "

Sirach 12:5

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3 No good will come to him who continues to do evil, nor to him who gives no alms.

4 Give to the godly man, and don’t help the sinner.

5 Do good to one who is lowly. Don’t give to an ungodly man. Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him, lest he subdue you with it; for you would receive twice as much evil for all the good you would have done to him.

6 For the Most High also hates sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly.

7 Give to the good man, and don’t help the sinner.

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Sirach 12:1

"If you do good, know to whom you do it, and your good deeds will have thanks."

Sirach 12:2

"Do good to a godly man, and you will find a reward— if not from him, then from the Most High."

Sirach 12:3

"No good will come to him who continues to do evil, nor to him who gives no alms."

Sirach 12:4

"Give to the godly man, and don’t help the sinner."

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"For the Most High also hates sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly."

Sirach 12:7

"Give to the good man, and don’t help the sinner."

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