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Sirach 12:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 12:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 No good comes to one who persists in evil
or to one who does not give alms.(A)
4 Give to the devout, but do not help the sinner.(B)
5 Do good to the humble, but do not give to the ungodly;
hold back their bread, and do not give it to them,
for by means of it they might subdue you;
then you will receive twice as much evil
for all the good you have done to them.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
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