Sirach 20:12-14

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¹²Some buy much for little,
    but pay for it seven times over.
¹³The wise make themselves beloved by only few words,^[a]
    but the courtesies of fools are wasted.
¹⁴A fool’s gift will profit you nothing,^[b]
    for he looks for recompense sevenfold.^[c]

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Footnotes

Sirach 20:13 Heb: Gk by words
Sirach 20:14 Other ancient authorities add so it is with the envious who give under compulsion
Sirach 20:14 Syr: Gk he has many eyes instead of one

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