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When he needs you he will deceive you,
    he will smile at you and give you hope.
He will speak to you kindly and say, “What do you need?”
He will shame you with his foods,
    until he has drained you two or three times;
    and finally he will deride you.
Should he see you afterwards, he will forsake you,
    and shake his head at you.

Take care not to be led astray,
    and not to be humiliated in your feasting.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 13:8 Other authorities read folly

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