24 It is a miserable life to go from house to house. Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth. (WEB)
Sirach 29:24
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Sirach 38:18–20
18 For from sorrow comes death. Sorrow of heart saps one’s strength. (WEB) 19 In calamity, sorrow also remains. A poor man’s life is grievous to the heart. (WEB) 20 Don’t give your heart to sorrow. Put it away, remembering the end. (WEB)
Sirach 40:28–30
28 My son, don’t lead a beggar’s life. It is better to die than to beg. (WEB) 29 A man who looks to the table of another, his life is not to be considered a life. He will pollute his soul with another person’s food, but a wise and well-instructed person will beware of tha… (WEB)
Sirach 31:3–5
3 A rich man toils in gathering money together. When he rests, he is filled with his good things. (WEB) 4 A poor man toils in lack of substance. When he rests, he becomes needy. (WEB) 5 He who loves gold won’t be justified. He who follows destruction will himself have his fill o… (WEB)
Sirach 11:33–34
33 Take heed of an evil-doer, for he plans wicked things, lest perhaps he ruin your reputation forever. (WEB) 34 Receive a stranger into your house, and he will distract you with arguments and estrange you from your own family. (WEB)
Job 15:27–29
27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh, 28 he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble. 29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
Job 19:14–16
14 My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me. 15 My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight. 16 I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
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 29:27–28
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 scolding about lodging and the insults of creditors. (WEB)
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