Ben Sira 11:12

12 Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, lacking in ability, and full of poverty; yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good, and set him up from his low estate,

Ben Sira 11:12 In-Context

10 My son, meddle not with many matters: for if thou meddle much, thou shalt not be innocent; and if thou follow after, thou shalt not obtain, neither shalt thou escape by fleeing.
11 There is one that laboreth, and taketh pains, and maketh haste, and is so much the more behind.
12 Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, lacking in ability, and full of poverty; yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good, and set him up from his low estate,
13 and lifted up his head from misery, so that many that saw it marveled at him.
14 Prosperity and adversity, life and death, poverty and riches, come from the Lord.
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