{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">Ecclesiasticus<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 12<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"1\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,1,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">1<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">IF thou do good, know to whom thou dost it, and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,2,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Do good to the just, and thou shalt find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,3,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,4,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,5,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Give to the good, and receive not a sinner.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,6,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Do good to the humble, and give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not to him, lest thereby he overmaster thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,7,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done to him: for the Highest also hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,8,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,9,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,10,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Never trust thy enemy: for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,11,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">11Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,12,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat: and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,13,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,14,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,15,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,16,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">An enemy weepeth with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,17,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And if evils come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,18,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">An enemy hath tears in his eyes, and while he pretendeth to help thee, will undermine thy feet.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(3,5,12,19,&quot;Sirach&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/drb\/3\/5\/11\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/drb\/3\/5\/13\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"Ecclesiasticus, Chapter 12 — Douay-Rheims Bible","book_title":"Ecclesiasticus","toolbar_title":"Ecclesiasticus — Ch. 12","prev_url":"\/drb\/3\/5\/11","next_url":"\/drb\/3\/5\/13","tid":3,"book_id":5,"chapter":12,"num_chapters":51,"trans":"DRB","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Sirach","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/drb\/3\/5\/12","meta_desc":"IF thou do good, know to whom thou dost it, and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds. 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