Good News Translation
A good man is willing to guarantee his neighbor's debts. Only someone who has lost all sense of decency would refuse to do so.

New Revised Standard Version
A good person will be surety for his neighbor, but the one who has lost all sense of shame will fail him.

Contemporary English Version
When a friend needs a loan, a good person will guarantee that the loan will be repaid. To refuse to help this friend would be a disgrace.

New American Bible
A good person will be surety for a neighbor, but whoever has lost a sense of shame will fail him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.

Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.

Sirach 29:12
Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty.

Sirach 29:13
Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.

Sirach 29:15
Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil.

Sirach 29:16
Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear: