Catholic Public Domain Version

Sirach 13:20-24 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

20. All flesh will join with whatever is similar to itself, and every man will associate with whomever is similar to himself.

21. If a wolf would at any time have fellowship with a lamb, so also would a sinner have fellowship with the just.

22. What fellowship does a holy man have with a dog? Or what portion do the wealthy have with the poor?

23. In the desert, the wild donkey is the prey of the lion. So also are the poor the pasture of the rich.

24. And just as humility is an abomination to the arrogant, so also does the rich man abhor the poor man.