Sirach 37:1LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 1 of 34

"Every friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death?"
— Sirach 37:1

In context

1Every friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death?

2But a companion and a friend shall be turned to an enemy.

3O wicked presumption, whence camest thou to cover the earth with thy malice, and deceitfulness?