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Sirach 13:5-9 World English Bible (WEB)

5. If you have substance, he will live with you; And he will make you bare, and will not be sorry.

6. Hath he had need of you? then he will deceive you, And smile upon you, and give you hope: He will speak you fair, and say, What need you?

7. And he will shame you by his meats, Until he have made you bare twice or thrice, And at the last he will laugh you to scorn: Afterward will he see you, and will forsake you, And shake his head at you.

8. Beware that you be not deceived, and brought low in your mirth.

9. If a mighty man invite you, be retiring, And so much the more will he invite you.