Sirach 20:14-16

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Gifts from senseless people
won’t profit you,^[a]
    because they look for a lot
    rather than a little in return.^[b]
15 They will give a little and reproach a lot,
    and they will open their mouths
    like a town crier.
    Today they will lend
    and tomorrow ask for it back;
    such people are hateful.
¹⁶ Fools say, “I don’t have a friend,
    and there’s no gratitude
    for my good deeds.”
    Those who eat the bread of such people
    have mean tongues.