Sirach 20:15-17

Common English Bible

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.
¹⁶ Fools say, “I don’t have a friend,
    and there’s no gratitude
    for my good deeds.”
    Those who eat the bread of such people
    have mean tongues.
¹⁷ How many will ridicule them,
and how often?^[a]