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Sirach 12:9-11
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Sirach 12:9-11
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
9 One’s enemies are friendly[a] when one prospers,
but in adversity even one’s friend disappears.
10 Never trust your enemy,
for like corrosion in copper, so is his wickedness.
11 Even if he humbles himself and walks bowed down,
take care to be on your guard against him.
Be to him like one who polishes a mirror,
to be sure it does not become completely tarnished.
Footnotes
- Sirach 12:9 Heb: Gk grieved
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
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