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Ben Sira 12:8
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Ben Sira 12:8
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A friend is not known in prosperity, nor is an enemy hidden in adversity.
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Ben Sira 12:8 In-Context
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For the Most High also hates sinners and will inflict punishment on the ungodly.
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Give to the one who is good, but do not help the sinner.
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A friend is not known in prosperity, nor is an enemy hidden in adversity.
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One's enemies are friendly when one prospers, but in adversity even one's friend disappears.
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Never trust your enemy, for like corrosion in copper, so is his wickedness.
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[a].
Other ancient authorities read [punished]
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.