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Ben Sira 13:1
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Chapter 13

Caution Regarding Associates[a]

1 Touch pitch and you blacken your hand;
    associate with scoundrels and you learn their ways.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:1–14:2 By means of various images, most of them unfavorable to the rich, Ben Sira indicates the practical impossibility of genuine and sincere companionship between the poor and the rich. He lays down a principle of associating with equals (13:6–19).
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