Ben Sira 14:1-7

1 Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins.
2 Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.
3 Riches are not comely for a niggard; and what should an envious man do with money?
4 He that gathereth by defrauding his own soul gathereth for others, who shall spend his goods riotously.
5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? He shall not take pleasure in his goods.
6 There is none worse than he that begrudgeth himself, and this is a recompense for his wickedness.
7 And if he doeth good, he doeth it unwillingly; and at the last he will declare his wickedness.
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