Sirach 11:3-5

Good News Translation

³ Compared to most flying things, a bee is very small, but the honey it makes is the sweetest of foods. ⁴ Don't make fun of someone who has fallen on hard times and is dressed in rags.^[a] The Lord does wonderful things that human beings never notice. ⁵ Many are the kings who have ended their careers sitting on the ground, while their crowns were worn by those no one had heard of before.