OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 22:23

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23

Gain trust with your neighbor in his poverty, that in his prosperity you may have gladness. Stay steadfast to him in the time of his affliction, that you may be heir with him in his inheritance.

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Verse 23. Not fear. This seems contrary to what goes before. But fools are sometimes intrepid even to harshness. Calmet.

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The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.

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