Sirach 22:23-25

Good News Translation

²³ Gain the confidence of your neighbor if he is poor; then you can share his happiness if he becomes successful. Stand by him when he is in trouble if you want to share with him when better times come his way.

²⁴ Fumes and smoke appear before the flames do; insults come before violence.

²⁵ I will never be afraid to protect a friend, and I will never turn a friend away if he needs me.