Sirach 9:10-12

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Choice of Friends

¹⁰Do not abandon old friends,
for new ones cannot equal them.
A new friend is like new wine;
when it has aged, you can drink it with pleasure.

¹¹Do not envy the success of sinners,
for you do not know what their end will be like.
¹²Do not delight in what pleases the ungodly;
remember that they will not be held guiltless all their lives.

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