Sirach 17:22

22 A person's acts of charity are like a seal with him, and he will treasure a person's generosity like the apple of his eye.

Sirach 17:22 In-Context

20 Their wrongs are not hidden from him, and all their sins are exposed in the Lord's presence.

22 A person's acts of charity are like a seal with him, and he will treasure a person's generosity like the apple of his eye.

23 Afterward God will rise up and repay them; he will deliver their repayment upon their heads. who were abandoning hope.

24 However, for those who changed their hearts and minds, God granted a way back, and he encouraged those

Footnotes

• [a] LXXb adds doling out changed lives to his sons and daughters.