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Sirach 20:12-14
Common English Bible
Sirach 20:12-14
Common English Bible
12 There are those who buy a lot for a little,
and they pay for it seven times over.
13 Wise people make themselves
dearly loved by means of words,[a]
but fools pour out gifts.
14 Gifts from senseless people
won’t profit you,[b]
because they look for a lot
rather than a little in return.[c]
Footnotes
- Sirach 20:13 Heb a few things
- Sirach 20:14 LXXb adds and neither will the gift of a grudging person who’s forced to give.
- Sirach 20:14 LXX for their eyes are many rather than one
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