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Sirach 12:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" In a man’s prosperity, his enemies are grieved. In his adversity, even his friend leaves. "

Sirach 12:9

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

8 A man’s friend won’t be fully tried in prosperity. His enemy won’t be hidden in adversity.

9 In a man’s prosperity, his enemies are grieved. In his adversity, even his friend leaves.

10 Never trust your enemy, for his wickedness is like corrosion in copper.

11 Though he humbles himself and walks bowed down, still be careful and beware of him. You will be to him as one who has wiped a mirror, to be sure it doesn’t completely tarnish.

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

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

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

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

Sirach 12:5

"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."

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

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