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Sirach 6:7-9
Wycliffe Bible
Sirach 6:7-9
Wycliffe Bible
7 If thou hast a friend, have him in temptation, that is, prove thou him in thine adversity, and betake not lightly thyself to him. [if thou wieldest a friend, in temptation wield him, and not lightly open, or trust, thou thyself to him.]
8 For there is a friend by (or for) his (own) time, and he shall not dwell in the day of tribulation. [There is forsooth a friend after his time, and shall not abide still in the day of tribulation.]
9 And there is a friend which is turned to enmity; and there is a friend, that shall show openly hatred, and chiding, and despisings. [And there is a friend that is turned to enmity; and there is a friend, that hate, and strife, and reproofs shall discover.]
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