Ecclesiasticus 37:1-4 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

1. EVERY friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death?

2. But a companion and a friend shall be turned to an enemy.

3. O wicked presumption, whence camest thou to cover the earth with thy malice, and deceitfulness?

4. There is a companion who rejoiceth with his friend in his joys, but in the time of trouble, he will be against him.

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