Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 20:10-13 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

10. Generosity will sometimes do you no good, but at other times it will repay you double.

11. Honour can be followed by disgrace, but there are people who have risen from obscurity to places of honour.

12. Sometimes what seems like a real bargain can turn out to be a very expensive mistake.

13. When a person with good judgement speaks, he wins friends. A stupid person, though, can shower compliments on everybody, and it won't help him a bit.

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