Sirach 6:15-17

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁵Faithful friends are beyond price;
    no amount can balance their worth.
¹⁶Faithful friends are life-saving medicine;
    and those who fear the Lord will find them.
¹⁷Those who fear the Lord direct their friendship aright,
    for as they are, so are their neighbours also.

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