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• My child, do not refuse the poor a livelihood, do not tantalise the needy. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 1)

• Do not repulse a hard-pressed beggar, nor turn your face from the poor. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 4)

• To the poor lend an ear, and courteously return the greeting. (Ecclesiasticus 4, 8)

• And also give generously to the poor, so that your blessing may lack nothing. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 32)

• The rich, the noble, the poor, let them pride themselves on fearing the Lord. (Ecclesiasticus 10, 22)

• It is not right to despise one who is poor but intelligent, and it is not good to honour one who is a sinner. (Ecclesiasticus 10, 23)

• The poor is honoured for wit, and the rich for wealth. (Ecclesiasticus 10, 30)

• Wisdom enables the poor to stand erect, and gives to the poor a place with the great. (Ecclesiasticus 11, 1)

• Or there is the slow kind of person, needing help, poor in possessions and rich in poverty; and the Lord turns a favourable eye on him, lifts him out of his wretched condition, (Ecclesiasticus 11, 12)

• Do not admire the achievements of sinners, trust the Lord and mind your own business; since it is a trifle in the eyes of the Lord, in a moment, suddenly to make the poor rich. (Ecclesiasticus 11, 21)

• The rich does wrong and takes a high line; the poor is wronged and has to beg for pardon. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 3)

• What peace can there be between hyena and dog? And what peace between rich and poor? (Ecclesiasticus 13, 18)