Ben Sira 37:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 37
1 Every friend declares friendship,
but there are friends who are friends in name only.(A)
2 Is it not a sorrow unto death
when your other self becomes your enemy?
3 “Alas, my companion! Why were you created
to fill the earth with deceit?”
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