Sirach 29:22LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 22 of 34

"A man is surety for his neighbour: and when he hath lost all shame, he shall forsake him."
Sirach 29:22

In context

20The sinner and the unclean fleeth from his surety.

21A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of his surety: and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him that delivered him.

22A man is surety for his neighbour: and when he hath lost all shame, he shall forsake him.

23Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea.

24It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries.

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