Sirach 13:17-24
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17 What fellowship hath the wolf with the lamb? so the sinner with the godly.
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18 What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor?
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19 As the wild ass is the lion's prey in the wilderness: so the rich eat up the poor.
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20 As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich abhor the poor.
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21 A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends.
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22 When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him: the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place.
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23 When a rich man speaketh, every man holdeth his tongue, and, look, what he saith, they extol it to the clouds: but if the poor man speak, they say, What fellow is this? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him.
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24 Riches are good unto him that hath no sin, and poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly.