Sirach 12:14
Good News Translation
and nobody will feel sorry for you if you run around with sinners and get involved in their wrongdoing.

New Revised Standard Version
So no one pities a person who associates with a sinner and becomes involved in the other’s sins.

Contemporary English Version
In the same way, no one will take pity if you are friendly with sinners and start sinning yourself.

New American Bible
So it is with the companion of the proud, who is involved in their sins:

Douay-Rheims Bible
For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.

Sirach 12:12
Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.

Sirach 12:13
Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins.

Sirach 12:15
An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.

Sirach 12:16
An enemy weepeth with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood:

Context
Sirach 12
13Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins. 14For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it. 15An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.…
Cross References
Sirach 12:12
Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.

Sirach 12:13
Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins.

Sirach 12:15
An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.

Sirach 12:16
An enemy weepeth with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 12:13
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