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Wisdom of Ben Sira 13:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 13:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 13
How Can the Clay Pot Be Used with the Iron Cauldron?[a]
1 Whoever touches pitch will have blackened hands,
and anyone who associates with a proud man will become like him.
2 Do not bear a burden too heavy for you,
or associate with someone who is greater or wealthier than you.
How can the clay pot be used with the iron cauldron?
When they collide, the pot will be smashed.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 13:1 Those who frequent the circles of the rich and powerful only risk being hurt. This chapter should be read as a satire about the “sharks” of society, as a bloody critique of the disproportionate condition between the rich and the poor, between the “wolf” and the “lamb” (v. 17).
