OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 20:16

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16

The fool will say, “I have no friend, and I have no thanks for my good deeds. Those who eat my bread have an evil tongue.”

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Verse 16. Hateful. He seems to distrust you, and will not permit his goods to be of any service. Calmet.

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