Sirach 37:1-3

Revised Standard Version

False Friends

37 Every friend will say, “I too am a friend”;
    but some friends are friends only in name.
²Is it not a grief to the death
    when a companion and friend turns to enmity?
³O evil imagination, why were you formed
    to cover the land with deceit?

Read full chapter

Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.