Sirach 29:20

20 Help your neighbor as much as you can, but keep yourself from ruin.

Sirach 29:20 In-Context

18 Guaranteeing a loan has ruined many prosperous people and tossed them about like a wave on the sea. It has led to the exile of the powerful, and they have wandered among foreign nations.

19 Sinners will fall into guaranteeing loans, and when they chase profits, they will fall into lawsuits.

20 Help your neighbor as much as you can, but keep yourself from ruin.

21 Life's foundations are water, bread, clothing, and a house for ensuring privacy.

22 Better is the life of the poor under a shelter of rafters than magnificent food in foreign countries.