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Chapter 8: Spiritual Sages – Sirach and Solomon

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With friend or foe do not report it, and unless it would be a sin for you, do not reveal it (19:8). The fool says, “I have no friends, and I get no thanks for my good deeds. Those who eat my bread are evil-tongued” (20:16). Another out of shame makes promises to a friend, and so makes an enemy for nothing (20:23). And the sinner disrupts friendships and sows discord among those who are at peace (28:9). Lose your silver for the sake of a brother or a friend, and do not let it rust under a stone and be lost (29:10). He who teaches his son will make his enemies envious, and will glory in him among his friends (30:3). He has left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one to repay the kindness of his friends (30:6).