Ben Sira 34:21

21 Food means life itself to poor people, and taking it away from them is murder.

Ben Sira 34:21 In-Context

19 The Most High gets no pleasure from sacrifices made by ungodly people; no amount of sacrifices can make up for their sins.

20 Anyone who steals an animal from the poor to offer as a sacrifice is like someone who kills a boy before his father's eyes.

21 Food means life itself to poor people, and taking it away from them is murder.

22 It is murder to deprive someone of his living or to cheat an employee of his wages.

23 When one person builds and somebody else tears down, has anything been accomplished but hard work?