Sirach 13:24
Good News Translation
There is nothing wrong with being rich if you haven't sinned to get that way. But there is nothing sinful about being poor, either. Only the ungodly think so.

New Revised Standard Version
Riches are good if they are free from sin; poverty is evil only in the opinion of the ungodly.

Contemporary English Version
It's good to have wealth if you got it honestly, but don't be ungodly and claim that being poor is evil.

New American Bible
Wealth is good where there is no sin; but poverty is evil by the standards of the proud.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor.

Sirach 13:22
What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor?

Sirach 13:23
The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich.

Sirach 13:25
When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.

Sirach 13:26
When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him.

Context
Sirach 13
23The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich. 24And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor. 25When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.…
Cross References
Sirach 13:22
What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor?

Sirach 13:23
The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich.

Sirach 13:25
When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.

Sirach 13:26
When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 13:23
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