Sirach 27:20-22

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²⁰ For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so also is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.

²¹ And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again.

²² Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare: because his soul is wounded.