Ben Sira 12:8

8 A friend is not known in prosperity, nor is an enemy hidden in adversity.

Ben Sira 12:8 In-Context

6 For the Most High also hates sinners and will inflict punishment on the ungodly.

7 Give to the one who is good, but do not help the sinner.

8 A friend is not known in prosperity, nor is an enemy hidden in adversity.

9 One's enemies are friendly when one prospers, but in adversity even one's friend disappears.

10 Never trust your enemy, for like corrosion in copper, so is his wickedness.

Footnotes

• [a] Other ancient authorities read [punished]