Sirach 29:31-34

{29:31} He will entertain, and feed, and give drink to the ungrateful, and beyond this, he will listen to bitter words:
{29:32} “Go, my guest, and set the table, and let others eat from what you have in your hand.”
{29:33} “Depart from the honored face of my friends. For it has become necessary for my house to host my brother instead.”
{29:34} These things are grievous to a man having understanding: to take advantage of a household, and to reproach a lender.

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Sirach 29:26-30

{29:26} Help your neighbor to recover according to your ability, but attend to yourself, lest you also fall.
{29:27} The primary need in a man’s life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to protect modesty.
{29:28} A pauper’s food under a roof of boards is better than a splendid feast on a sojourn away from home.
{29:29} Let yourself be pleased with little instead of much, and you will not hear the reproach of being away from home.
{29:30} It is a wicked life to go from house to house as a guest. For wherever he is a guest, he will not act confidently, nor open his

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