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Wisdom of Ben Sira 37:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 37:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 37
True and False Friends[a]
1 Every friend can say, “I too am your friend,”
but some are friends in name only.
2 Is it not a sorrow comparable to that of death
when a dear friend turns into an enemy?
3 O inclination to evil, why were you created
to blanket the earth with deceit?
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 37:1 The touchstone of friendship is fidelity in difficult times. So strongly does the author believe this that he here proposes it for the third time (see Sir 12:8-18; 22:19-26).
