Sirach 40:28-30

Common English Bible

²⁸ My child, don’t live the life of a beggar;
    it’s better to die than to beg.
²⁹ When people look
to another person’s table,
    their way of life
    cannot be considered a life.
        They pollute themselves
        by eating someone else’s food,
            but a person who is intelligent
            and educated will guard
            against that.
³⁰ In the mouth of the shameless,
begging is sweet,
    but a fire will burn inside of them.