### Douay Rheims Bible

Sirach 11

## The Book of Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus)

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| # Chapter 12
#### 1 | If thou do good, know to whom thou dost it, and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds.
#### 2 | Do good to the just, and thou shalt find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord.
#### 3 | For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent.
#### 4 | Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance.
#### 5 | Give to the good, and receive not a sinner.
#### 6 | Do good to the humble, and give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not to him, lest thereby he overmaster thee.
#### 7 | For thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done to him: for the Highest also hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly.
#### 8 | A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity.
#### 9 | In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity.
#### 10 | Never trust thy enemy: for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth:
#### 11 | 11Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him.
#### 12 | Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat: and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.
#### 13 | Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins.
#### 14 | For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.
#### 15 | An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.
#### 16 | An enemy weepeth with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood:
#### 17 | And if evils come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first.
#### 18 | An enemy hath tears in his eyes, and while he pretendeth to help thee, will undermine thy feet.
#### 19 | He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.

Sirach 13

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