Sirach 4:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back.

⁶ For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him.

⁷ Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man.