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Sirach - Chapter 12

Sirach 12 (Douay-Rheims)

Passage

If you do good, know to whom you do it, and there shall be much thanks for your good deeds. Do good to the just, and you shall find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord. For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that gives no alms: for the Highest hates sinners, and has mercy on the penitent. 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. Give to the good, and receive not a sinner. Do good to the humble, and give not to the ungodly: hold back your bread, and give it not to him, lest thereby he overmaster you. For you shall receive twice as much evil for all the good you shall have done to him: for the Highest also hates sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly. A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity. In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity. Never trust your enemy for as a brass pot his wickedness rusts: Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him. Set him not by you, neither let him sit on your right hand, lest he turn into your place, and seek to take your seat and at the last you acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keeps company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins. For an hour he will abide with you: but if you begin to decline, he will not endure it. An enemy speaks sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lies in wait, to throw you into a pit. An enemy weeps with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood: And if evils come upon you, you shall find him there first. An enemy has tears in his eyes, and while he pretends to help you, will undermine your feet. He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.

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If you do good, know to whom you do it, and there shall be much thanks for your good deeds. Do good to the just, and you shall find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord. For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that gives no alms: for the Highest hates sinners, and has mercy on the penitent. 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. Give to the good, and receive not a sinner. Do good to the humble, and give not to the ungodly: hold back your bread, and give it not to him, lest thereby he overmaster you. For you shall receive twice as much evil for all the good you shall have done to him: for the Highest also hates sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly. A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity. In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity. Never trust your enemy for as a brass pot his wickedness rusts: Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him. Set him not by you, neither let him sit on your right hand, lest he turn into your place, and seek to take your seat and at the last you acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keeps company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins. For an hour he will abide with you: but if you begin to decline, he will not endure it. An enemy speaks sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lies in wait, to throw you into a pit. An enemy weeps with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood: And if evils come upon you, you shall find him there first. An enemy has tears in his eyes, and while he pretends to help you, will undermine your feet. He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.

If you do good, know to whom you do it, and there shall be much thanks for your good deeds. Do good to the just, and you shall find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord. For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that gives no alms: for the Highest hates sinners, and has mercy on the penitent. 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. Give to the good, and receive not a sinner. Do good to the humble, and give not to the ungodly: hold back your bread, and give it not to him, lest thereby he overmaster you. For you shall receive twice as much evil for all the good you shall have done to him: for the Highest also hates sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly. A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity. In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity. Never trust your enemy for as a brass pot his wickedness rusts: Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him. Set him not by you, neither let him sit on your right hand, lest he turn into your place, and seek to take your seat and at the last you acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keeps company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins. For an hour he will abide with you: but if you begin to decline, he will not endure it. An enemy speaks sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lies in wait, to throw you into a pit. An enemy weeps with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood: And if evils come upon you, you shall find him there first. An enemy has tears in his eyes, and while he pretends to help you, will undermine your feet. He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.

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