4 Many have considered a loan to be a windfall, and have given trouble to those who helped them. (WEB)
Sirach 29:4
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Sirach 20:13–15
13 He who is wise in words will make himself beloved; but the pleasantries of fools will be wasted. (WEB) 14 The gift of a fool will not profit you, for he looks for repayment many times instead of one. (WEB) 15 He will give little and insult much. He will open his mouth like a cri… (WEB)
Psalms 37:20–22
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Luke 6:33–35
33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your en…
Sirach 8:11–13
11 Don’t rise up from the presence of an insolent man, lest he lie in wait as an ambush for your mouth. (WEB) 12 Don’t lend to a man who is stronger than you; and if you lend, count it as a loss. (WEB) 13 Don’t be surety beyond your means. If you give surety, think as one who will… (WEB)
Sirach 20:9–11
9 There is a prosperity that a man finds in misfortunes; and there is a gain that turns to loss. (WEB) 10 There is a gift that will not profit you; and there is a gift that pays back double. (WEB) 11 There are losses because of glory; and there is one who has lifted up his head fr… (WEB)
Sirach 8:18–19
18 Do no secret thing before a stranger, for you don’t know what it will cause. (WEB) 19 Don’t open your heart to every man. Don’t let him return you a favor. (WEB)
Sirach 27:1–2
1 Many have sinned for profit. He who seeks to multiply wealth will turn his eye away. (WEB) 2 As a nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones, so sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling. (WEB)
Sirach 29:16–18
16 A sinner will waste the property of his guarantor. (WEB) 17 He who is thankless will fail him who delivered him. (WEB) 18 Being surety has undone many who were prospering and shaken them as a wave of the sea. It has driven mighty men from their homes. They wandered among foreign… (WEB)
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