20 To son and wife, to brother and friend, don’t give power over yourself while you live, and don’t give your goods to another, lest you regret it and must ask for them. (WEB) 21 While you still live and breath is in you, don’t give yourself over to anybody. (WEB) 22 For it is better that your children should ask from you than that you should look to the hand of your children. (WEB)
Sirach 33:20–22
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Proverbs 5:8–10
8 Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house, 9 lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel; 10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
Sirach 40:27–29
27 The fear of the Lord is like a garden of blessing and covers a man more than any glory. (WEB) 28 My son, don’t lead a beggar’s life. It is better to die than to beg. (WEB) 29 A man who looks to the table of another, his life is not to be considered a life. He will pollute his so… (WEB)
Sirach 4:1–2
1 My son, don’t deprive the poor of his living. Don’t make the needy eyes wait long. (WEB) 2 Don’t make a hungry soul sorrowful, or provoke a man in his distress. (WEB)
Sirach 4:30–31
30 Don’t be like a lion in your house, or suspicious of your servants. (WEB) 31 Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay. (WEB)
Sirach 9:1–3
1 Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom, and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself. (WEB) 2 Don’t give your soul to a woman and let her trample down your strength. (WEB) 3 Don’t go to meet a woman who plays the prostitute, lest perhaps you fall into her snares. (WEB)
Sirach 5:1–2
1 Don’t set your heart upon your goods. Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.” (WEB) 2 Don’t follow your own mind and your strength to walk in the desires of your heart. (WEB)
Proverbs 23:3–5
3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive. 4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. 5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Proverbs 3:26–28
26 for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from the snare. 27 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. 28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
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