Sirach 13:2-4

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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.