Sirach 20:15-17

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¹⁵He gives little and upbraids much;
    he opens his mouth like a town crier.
Today he lends and tomorrow he asks for it back;
    such a one is hateful to God and humans.^[a]
¹⁶The fool says, ‘I have no friends,
    and I get no thanks for my good deeds.
    Those who eat my bread are evil-tongued.’
¹⁷How many will ridicule him, and how often!^[b]

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Sirach 20:15 Other ancient authorities lack to God and humans
Sirach 20:17 Other ancient authorities add for he has not honestly received what he has, and what he does not have is unimportant to him

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