Sirach 29:23-25

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²³ Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea.

²⁴ It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries.

²⁵ A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment.