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Sirach 20:13-15
Common English Bible
Sirach 20:13-15
Common English Bible
13 Wise people make themselves
dearly loved by means of words,[a]
but fools pour out gifts.
14 Gifts from senseless people
won’t profit you,[b]
because they look for a lot
rather than a little in return.[c]
15 They will give a little and reproach a lot,
and they will open their mouths
like a town crier.
Today they will lend
and tomorrow ask for it back;
such people are hateful.
Footnotes
- Sirach 20:13 Heb a few things
- Sirach 20:14 LXXb adds and neither will the gift of a grudging person who’s forced to give.
- Sirach 20:14 LXX for their eyes are many rather than one
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