World English Bible

Sirach 29:12-19 World English Bible (WEB)

12. Shut up alms in your store-chambers; And it shall deliver you out of all affliction:

13. It shall fight for you against your enemy Better than a mighty shield and a ponderous spear.

14. A good man will be surety for his neighbor; And he that has lost shame will fail him.

15. Forget not the good offices of your surety; For he has given his life for you.

16. A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety;

17. And he that is of an unthankful mind will fail him that delivered him.

18. Suretiship has undone many that were prospering, And shaken them as a wave of the sea: Mighty men has it driven from their homes; And they wandered among strange nations.

19. A sinner that falls into suretiship, And undertakes contracts for work, shall fall into lawsuits.