Sirach 37:1-4

1. 1 Every friend saith, I am his friend also: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.

2. 2 Is it not a grief unto death, when a companion and friend is turned to an enemy?

3. 3 O wicked imagination, whence camest thou in to cover the earth with deceit?

4. 4 There is a companion, which rejoiceth in the prosperity of a friend, but in the time of trouble will be against him.

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