Wisdom of Ben Sira 21:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ All law-breaking is like a two-edged sword;
    the wound it inflicts cannot be healed.
⁴ Panic and violence will wipe out riches;
    similarly the house of the proud man will be laid waste.^[a]
5 The prayer of the poor man goes from his lips straight to the ear of God,
    and justice is speedily granted him.