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Ben Sira 29:12-14
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12 [a]Store up almsgiving in your treasury,
    and it will save you from every evil.
13 Better than a mighty shield and a sturdy spear
    it will fight for you against the enemy.

14 [b]A good person will be surety for a neighbor,
    but whoever has lost a sense of shame will fail him.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 29:12–13 In Ben Sira’s day, almsgiving and righteousness were practically identified.
  2. 29:14–17 Ben Sira is more lenient on going surety than earlier sages; cf. Prv 6:1–5.
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