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A friend is not avenged[a]
in prosperity,
    and an enemy is not hidden
    in adversity.
When people are prosperous,
their enemies are in pain,
    and when they meet with adversity,
    even friends will keep away.
10 Don’t ever trust your enemies;
    for just as copper corrodes,
    so their wickedness does as well.

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  1. Sirach 12:8 Heb is not recognized

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