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Sirach 12:8-10
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Sirach 12:8-10
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
8 A friend is not known[a] in prosperity,
nor is an enemy hidden in adversity.
9 One’s enemies are friendly[b] when one prospers,
but in adversity even one’s friend disappears.
10 Never trust your enemy,
for like corrosion in copper, so is his wickedness.
Footnotes
- Sirach 12:8 Other ancient authorities read punished
- Sirach 12:9 Heb: Gk grieved
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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