Sirach 8:13-15

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹³ Kindle not the coals of sinners by rebuking them, lest thou be burnt with the flame of the fire of their sins.

¹⁴ Stand not against the face of an injurious person, lest he sit as a spy to entrap thee in thy words.

¹⁵ Lend not to a man that is mightier than thyself: and if thou lendest, count it as lost.