Ben Sira 12:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 Give to the good but refuse the sinner;
5 refresh the downtrodden but give nothing to the proud.
No arms for combat should you give them,
lest they use these against you;
Twofold evil you will obtain for every good deed you do for them.
6 For God also hates sinners,
and takes vengeance on evildoers.[a]
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