Sirach 4:2
Good News Translation
Never give a hungry person any cause for resentment or anger.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not grieve the hungry, or anger one in need.

Contemporary English Version
Don't disappoint the hungry or upset the needy.

New American Bible
Do not grieve the hungry, nor anger the needy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the poor in his want.

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Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the poor in his want.

Sirach 3:34
And God provideth for him that sheweth favour: he remembereth him afterwards, and in the time of his fall he shall find a sure stay.

Sirach 4:1
Son, defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor.

Sirach 4:3
Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to gibe to him that is in distress.

Sirach 4:4
Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy.

Context
Sirach 4
1Son, defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor. 2Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the poor in his want. 3Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to gibe to him that is in distress.…
Cross References
Sirach 3:34
And God provideth for him that sheweth favour: he remembereth him afterwards, and in the time of his fall he shall find a sure stay.

Sirach 4:1
Son, defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor.

Sirach 4:3
Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to gibe to him that is in distress.

Sirach 4:4
Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 4:1
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