Ben Sira 20:21

21 If a person is too poor to afford sin, he can rest without a guilty conscience.

Ben Sira 20:21 In-Context

19 An impolite person is like one of those off-color stories that ignorant people are always telling.

20 Nobody takes a proverb seriously when some fool quotes it at the wrong time.

21 If a person is too poor to afford sin, he can rest without a guilty conscience.

22 You can lose all your self-respect by being reluctant to speak up in the presence of stupidity.

23 If you promise a friend something because you are too bashful to say no, you're needlessly making an enemy.