en_RV1895 - Sir 12 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ If thou do good, [1]know to whom thou doest it; And thy good deeds shall have thanks.

² [2]Do good to a godly man, and thou shalt find a recompense; [3]And if not from him, yet from the Most High.

³ There shall no good come to him that continueth to do evil, [4]Nor to him that giveth no alms.

⁴ Give to the godly man, And [5]help not the sinner.

⁵ Do good to one that is lowly, And give not to an ungodly man: Keep back his bread, and give it not to him, Lest he overmaster thee thereby: For thou shalt receive twice as much evil For all the good thou shalt have done unto him.

⁶ [6]For the Most High also hateth sinners, And will repay vengeance unto the ungodly.[7]

⁷ Give to the good man, And [8]help not the sinner.

⁸ A man's friend will not [9]be [10]fully tried in prosperity; And his enemy will not be hidden in adversity.

⁹ In a man's prosperity his enemies are grieved; And [11]in his adversity even his friend will be separated from him.

¹⁰ Never trust thine enemy: For like as the brass rusteth, so is his wickedness.

¹¹ Though [12]he humble himself, [13]and go crouching, Yet take good heed, and beware of him, And thou shalt be unto him as one that hath wiped a mirror, And thou shalt know that [14]he hath not utterly rusted it.

¹² Set him not by thee, Lest he overthrow thee and stand in thy place; Let him not sit on thy right hand, Lest he seek to take thy seat, And at the last thou acknowledge my words, And be [15]pricked with my sayings.

¹³ Who will pity [16]a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, Or any that come nigh wild beasts?

¹⁴ [17]Even so who will pity him that goeth to a sinner, And is mingled with him in his sins?

¹⁵ For a while he will abide with thee, And if thou give way, he will not hold out.

¹⁶ And [18]the enemy will speak sweetly with his lips, And in his heart take counsel how to overthrow thee into a pit: [19]The enemy will weep with his eyes, And if he find opportunity, he will not be satiated with blood.

¹⁷ If adversity meet thee, thou shalt find him there before thee; And as though he would help thee, [20]he will trip up thy heel.

¹⁸ [21]He will shake his head, and clap his hands, And whisper much, and [22]change his countenance.