Sirach 6:4-9

1. 4 A wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and shall make him to be laughed to scorn of his enemies.

2. 5 Sweet language will multiply friends: and a fairspeaking tongue will increase kind greetings.

3. 6 Be in peace with many: nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand.

4. 7 If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first and be not hasty to credit him.

5. 8 For some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble.

6. 9 And there is a friend, who being turned to enmity, and strife will discover thy reproach.

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