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Sirach 6:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing, and don’t be in a hurry to trust him. "

Sirach 6:7

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5 Sweet words will multiply a man’s friends. A gracious tongue will multiply courtesies.

6 Let those that are at peace with you be many, but your advisers one of a thousand.

7 If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing, and don’t be in a hurry to trust him.

8 For there is a friend just for an occasion. He won’t continue in the day of your affliction.

9 And there is a friend who turns into an enemy. He will discover strife to your reproach.

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Sirach 6:1

"Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend; for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach. So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue."

Sirach 6:2

"Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul, that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull."

Sirach 6:3

"You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit, and leave yourself like a dry tree."

Sirach 6:4

"A wicked soul will destroy him who has it, and will make him a laughing stock to his enemies."

Sirach 6:5

"Sweet words will multiply a man’s friends. A gracious tongue will multiply courtesies."

Sirach 6:6

"Let those that are at peace with you be many, but your advisers one of a thousand."

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