Sirach 18:15-17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁵ My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint, and when thou givest any thing, add not grief by an evil word.

¹⁶ Shall not the dew assuage the heat? so also the good word is better than the gift.

¹⁷ Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a justified man.