Ben Sira 29:16

16 There are some ungrateful sinners who abandon those who stand behind them, and they cause them loss of property.

Ben Sira 29:16 In-Context

14 A good man is willing to guarantee his neighbor's debts. Only someone who has lost all sense of decency would refuse to do so.

15 If someone does this favor for you, don't forget it; he has risked his good name for you.

16 There are some ungrateful sinners who abandon those who stand behind them, and they cause them loss of property.

17 Guaranteeing loans has ruined many prosperous people and caused them unsettling storms of trouble.

18 Influential people have lost their homes over it and have had to go wandering in foreign countries.