Ben Sira 14:4

4 Whoever accumulates by depriving himself, accumulates for others; and others will live in luxury on his goods.

Ben Sira 14:4 In-Context

2 Blessed is he whose heart does not condemn him, and who has not given up his hope.

3 Riches are not seemly for a stingy man; and of what use is property to an envious man?

4 Whoever accumulates by depriving himself, accumulates for others; and others will live in luxury on his goods.

5 If a man is mean to himself, to whom will he be generous? He will not enjoy his own riches.

6 No one is meaner than the man who is grudging to himself, and this is the retribution for his baseness;