Sirach 29:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹² Store up almsgiving in your treasury,
    and it will rescue you from every disaster;
¹³ better than a stout shield and a sturdy spear,
    it will fight for you against the enemy.

¹⁴ A good person will be surety for his neighbour,
    but one who has lost all sense of shame will fail him.