Ben Sira 12:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 12
1 If you do good, know for whom you are doing it,[a]
and your kindness will have its effect.
2 Do good to the righteous and reward will be yours,
if not from them, from the Lord.(A)
3 No good comes to those who give comfort to the wicked,
nor is it an act of mercy that they do.
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