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Sirach 13:2-4
Revised Standard Version
Sirach 13:2-4
Revised Standard Version
2 Do not lift a weight beyond your strength,
nor associate with a man mightier and richer than you.
How can the clay pot associate with the iron kettle?
The pot will strike against it, and will itself be broken.
3 A rich man does wrong, and he even adds reproaches;
a poor man suffers wrong, and he must add apologies.
4 A rich man[a] will exploit you if you can be of use to him,
but if you are in need he will forsake you.
Footnotes
- Sirach 13:4 Gk He
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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