18 What peace is there between a hyena and a dog? What peace is there between a rich man and the poor? (WEB)
Sirach 13:18
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2 Corinthians 6:14–16
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbelieve…
Sirach 37:1–3
1 Every friend will say, “I also am his friend”; but there is a friend which is only a friend in name. (WEB) 2 Isn’t there a grief in it even to death when a companion and friend is turned into an enemy? (WEB) 3 O wicked imagination, why were you formed to cover the dry land wit… (WEB)
Sirach 13:1–3
1 He who touches pitch will be defiled. He who has fellowship with a proud man will become like him. (WEB) 2 Don’t take up a burden above your strength. Have no fellowship with one who is mightier and richer than yourself. What fellowship would the earthen pot have with… (WEB)
Book of Jubilees 37:20–22
20 Hear these words which I declare unto thee, If the boar can change its skin and make its bristles as soft as wool, Or if it can cause horns to sprout forth on its head like the horns of a stag or of a sheep, Then will I observe the tie of brotherhood with the… (JUB)
Isaiah 57:20–21
20 But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. 21 “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”
Deuteronomy 22:9–11
9 Do not plant your vineyard with two types of seed; if you do, the entire harvest will be defiled —both the crop you plant and the fruit of your vineyard. 10 Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together. 11 Do not wear clothes of wool and linen woven together.
Job 9:32–34
32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court. 33 Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both. 34 Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
Sirach 12:8–10
8 A man’s friend won’t be fully tried in prosperity. His enemy won’t be hidden in adversity. (WEB) 9 In a man’s prosperity, his enemies are grieved. In his adversity, even his friend leaves. (WEB) 10 Never trust your enemy, for his wickedness is like corrosion in copper. (WEB)
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