Ecclesiasticus 29:21

Ecclesiasticus 29:21 Context

¹⁸Suretiship hath undone many of good estate, and shaken them as a wave of the sea: mighty men hath it driven from their houses, so that they wandered among strange nations. ¹⁹A wicked man transgressing the commandments of the Lord shall fall into suretiship: and he that undertaketh and followeth other men's business for gain shall fall into suits. ²⁰Help thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thyself fall not into the same. ²¹The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and an house to cover shame. ²²Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man's house. ²³Be it little or much, hold thee contented, that thou hear not the reproach of thy house. ²⁴For it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.

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