34 Receive a stranger into your house, and he will distract you with arguments and estrange you from your own family. (WEB)
Sirach 11:34
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Sirach 11:28–30
28 Call no man happy before his death. A man will be known in his children. (WEB) 29 Don’t bring every man into your house, for many are the tricks of a deceitful man. (WEB) 30 Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of a proud man. Like a spy, he looks for your weakness. (WEB)
Proverbs 25:16–18
16 If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up. 17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house, lest he grow weary and hate you. 18 Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
Sirach 29:26–28
26 “Come here, you sojourner, set a table, and if you have anything in your hand, feed me with it.” (WEB) 27 “Leave, you sojourner, for an honored guest is here. My brother has come to be my guest. I need my house.” (WEB) 28 These things are grievous to a man of understanding: The… (WEB)
Sirach 28:8–10
8 Abstain from strife, and you will diminish your sins, for a passionate man will kindle strife. (WEB) 9 A man who is a sinner will trouble friends and sow discord among those who are at peace. (WEB) 10 As is the fuel of the fire, so it will burn; and as the stoutness of the stri… (WEB)
Sirach 14:23–25
23 He who peers in at her windows will also listen at her doors. (WEB) 24 He who lodges close to her house will also fasten a nail in her walls. (WEB) 25 He will pitch his tent near at hand to her, and will lodge in a lodging where good things are. (WEB)
Sirach 6:8–10
8 For there is a friend just for an occasion. He won’t continue in the day of your affliction. (WEB) 9 And there is a friend who turns into an enemy. He will discover strife to your reproach. (WEB) 10 And there is a friend who is a companion at the table, but he won’t continue in… (WEB)
Sirach 8:17–19
17 Don’t consult with a fool, for he will not be able to keep a secret. (WEB) 18 Do no secret thing before a stranger, for you don’t know what it will cause. (WEB) 19 Don’t open your heart to every man. Don’t let him return you a favor. (WEB)
Sirach 4:29–31
29 Don’t be hasty with your tongue, or slack and negligent in your deeds. (WEB) 30 Don’t be like a lion in your house, or suspicious of your servants. (WEB) 31 Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay. (WEB)
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