Sirach 8:11-13

Wycliffe Bible

¹¹ Stand thou not against the face of a man full of despising [or the face of the strifeful]; lest he sit as an espyer to thy mouth.

¹² Do not thou lend to a man stronger than thou; that (or but) if thou hast lent, have thou it as lost. [Do thou not lend to a man stronger than thyself; that if thou lendest, have it as lost.]

¹³ Promise thou not above [or over] thy power or virtue; that (or but) if thou hast promised, bethink thou as yielding, for thou art holden to do thy might (that is, thou art held to pay it back).