Sirach 26:28

On integrity

28 My heart has been saddened by two things, and I was made angry because of a third: a warrior who is needy and impoverished, intelligent people who are treated with contempt, and people who are turned from righteousness to sin— the Lord will prepare them for the sword.

Sirach 26:28 In-Context

26 A wife who honors her own husband will appear wise to everyone, but the wife who dishonors her husband with arrogance will be known to all as ungodly. The husband of a good wife is happy, for the number of his years will double.

27 A loudmouthed and talkative wife is like a battle trumpet sounding an attack. The spirit of the man who lives under such conditions lives perpetually in the chaos of the battlefield.

28 My heart has been saddened by two things, and I was made angry because of a third: a warrior who is needy and impoverished, intelligent people who are treated with contempt, and people who are turned from righteousness to sin— the Lord will prepare them for the sword.

29 A merchant will scarcely be kept from wrongdoing, and a retailer won't be innocent of sin.