Sirach 22:25

25 I won't be ashamed to shelter friends, and I won't hide from them.

Sirach 22:25 In-Context

23 Gain your neighbors' trust while they are poor, so that when they are prosperous, you will be filled along with them. In a time of distress remain with them so that when they inherit, you will be a joint heir.

24 Before there's a fire, a furnace has vapor and smoke; so before bloodshed there are insults.

25 I won't be ashamed to shelter friends, and I won't hide from them.

26 And if something bad happens to me because of them, everyone who hears of it will be on guard against them.

27 Who will put a guard on my mouth and an effective seal upon my lips so that I don't fall because of my speech and so that my tongue doesn't destroy me?