Sirach 12

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 If you do a kindness, know to whom you do it, and you will be thanked for your good deeds.	1 When thou wilt do good know to whom thou doest it; so shalt thou be thanked for thy benefits.
2 Do good to a godly man, and you will be repaid-- if not by him, certainly by the Most High.	2 Do good to the godly man, and thou shalt find a recompence; and if not from him, yet from the most High.
3 No good will come to the man who persists in evil or to him who does not give alms.	3 There can no good come to him that is always occupied in evil, nor to him that giveth no alms.
4 Give to the godly man, but do not help the sinner.	4 Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner.
5 Do good to the humble, but do not give to the ungodly; hold back his bread, and do not give it to him, lest by means of it he subdue you; for you will receive twice as much evil for all the good which you do to him.	5 Do well unto him that is lowly, but give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not unto him, lest he overmaster thee thereby: for [else] thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done unto him.
6 For the Most High also hates sinners and will inflict punishment on the ungodly.	6 For the most High hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance unto the ungodly, and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment.
7 Give to the good man, but do not help the sinner.	7 Give unto the good, and help not the sinner.
8 A friend will not be known in prosperity, nor will an enemy be hidden in adversity.	8 A friend cannot be known in prosperity: and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.
9 A man's enemies are grieved when he prospers, and in his adversity even his friend will separate from him.	9 In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will depart.
10 Never trust your enemy, for like the rusting of copper, so is his wickedness.	10 Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness.
11 Even if he humbles himself and goes about cringing, watch yourself, and be on your guard against him; and you will be to him like one who has polished a mirror, and you will know that it was not hopelessly tarnished.	11 Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a lookingglass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away.
12 Do not put him next to you, lest he overthrow you and take your place; do not have him sit at your right, lest he try to take your seat of honor, and at last you will realize the truth of my words, and be stung by what I have said.	12 Set him not by thee, lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; neither let him sit at thy right hand, lest he seek to take thy seat, and thou at the last remember my words, and be pricked therewith.
13 Who will pity a snake charmer bitten by a serpent, or any who go near wild beasts?	13 Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, or any such as come nigh wild beasts?
14 So no one will pity a man who associates with a sinner and becomes involved in his sins.	14 So one that goeth to a sinner, and is defiled with him in his sins, who will pity?
15 He will stay with you for a time, but if you falter, he will not stand by you.	15 For a while he will abide with thee, but if thou begin to fall, he will not tarry.
16 An enemy will speak sweetly with his lips, but in his mind he will plan to throw you into a pit; an enemy will weep with his eyes, but if he finds an opportunity his thirst for blood will be insatiable.	16 An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he imagineth how to throw thee into a pit: he will weep with his eyes, but if he find opportunity, he will not be satisfied with blood.
17 If calamity befalls you, you will find him there ahead of you; and while pretending to help you, he will trip you by the heel;	17 If adversity come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first; and though he pretend to help thee, yet shall he undermine thee.
18 he will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his expression.	18 He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.