Sirach 20:14

14 Gifts from senseless people won't profit you, because they look for a lot rather than a little in return.

Sirach 20:14 In-Context

12 There are those who buy a lot for a little, and they pay for it seven times over.

13 Wise people make themselves dearly loved by means of words, but fools pour out gifts.

14 Gifts from senseless people won't profit you, because they look for a lot rather than a little in return.

15 They will give a little and reproach a lot, and they will open their mouths like a town crier. Today they will lend and tomorrow ask for it back; such people are hateful.

16 Fools say, "I don't have a friend, and there's no gratitude for my good deeds." Those who eat the bread of such people have mean tongues.

Footnotes

• [a] LXXb adds and neither will the gift of a grudging person who’s forced to give.
• [b] LXX for their eyes are many rather than one