Ben Sira 4:8

8 Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, and give him a friendly answer with meekness.

Ben Sira 4:8 In-Context

6 for if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard by Him that made him.

7 Get thyself the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to great man.

8 Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, and give him a friendly answer with meekness.

9 Deliver him that suffereth wrong from the hand of the oppressor, and be not fainthearted when thou sittest in judgment.

10 Be as a father unto the fatherless, and in the stead of a husband unto their mother; so shalt thou be as the son of the Most High, and He shall love thee more than thy mother doth.