Common English Bible

Sirach 4:2-9 Common English Bible (CEB)

2. Don’t grieve a hungry person,and don’t make a personin dire straits angry.

3. Don’t trouble an angry person,and don’t put off giving to the needy.

4. Don’t keep rejecting the pleaof someone in distress,and don’t turn your faceaway from the poor.

5. Don’t turn youreyes away from someone begging,and don’t give anyone an opportunityto curse you.

6. If some curse youin their bitter circumstances,the one who made themwill hear their prayer.

7. Behave yourself pleasantly in the assembly,and bow your headto an influential person.

8. Listen to the poor,and reply with peacefuland gentle speech.

9. Set the wronged freefrom the hand of the wrongdoer,and don’t be timidwhen you give judgment.