Sirach 12:4-7

Common English Bible

⁴ Give to the pious, but don’t assist sinners.
⁵ Do good to the humble,
but don’t give to the ungodly.
    Hold back your bread,
    and don’t give it to them,
        since by it they might gain power
        over you.
    You will encounter twice as much evil
        for all the good things
        that you have done for them.
⁶ The Most High also hated sinners,
    and he will repay the ungodly
    with punishment.^[a]
7 Give to good people,
and don’t assist sinners.