Sirach 29:12LXX

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"Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty."
— Sirach 29:12

Im Kontext

10Many have refused to lend, not out of wickedness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without cause.

11But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy.

12Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty.

13Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.

14Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.