Ben Sira 12:1-3 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

1. If you do good, know for whom you are doing it,and your kindness will have its effect.

2. Do good to the righteous and reward will be yours,if not from them, from the Lord.

3. No good comes to those who give comfort to the wicked,nor is it an act of mercy that they do.

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