1 If you do good, know to whom you do it, and your good deeds will have thanks. (WEB) 2 Do good to a godly man, and you will find a reward— if not from him, then from the Most High. (WEB) 3 No good will come to him who continues to do evil, nor to him who gives no alms. (WEB) 4 Give to the godly man, and don’t help the sinner. (WEB) 5 Do good to one who is lowly. Don’t give to an ungodly man. Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him, lest he subdue you with it; for you would receive twice as much evil for all the good you would have done to him. (WEB) 6 For the Most High also hates sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly. (WEB) 7 Give to the good man, and don’t help the sinner. (WEB)
Sirach 12:1–7
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