Sirach 29:19–28
19A sinner who falls into suretiship and undertakes contracts for work will fall into lawsuits.↗
20Help your neighbor according to your power, and be careful not to fall yourself.↗
21The essentials of life are water, bread, a garment, and a house for privacy.↗
22Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs than sumptuous fare in another man’s house.↗
23With little or with much, be well satisfied.↗
24It is a miserable life to go from house to house. Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth.↗
25You will entertain, serve drinks, and have no thanks. In addition to this, you will hear bitter words.↗
26“Come here, you sojourner, set a table, and if you have anything in your hand, feed me with it.”↗
27“Leave, you sojourner, for an honored guest is here. My brother has come to be my guest. I need my house.”↗
28These things are grievous to a man of understanding: The scolding about lodging and the insults of creditors.↗
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