Holy Scripture
Sirach 26:28
A church father on this verse
“For who would choose to fatigue himself if was not to gain any good from his labor? So then he also who sows words, and tears, and confession, unless he does this with a good hope, will not be able to desist from sinning, being still held down by the evil of despair. But just as that farmer who despairs of any crop of…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
28There be two things that grieve my heart; And the third maketh me angry: A man of war that suffereth poverty; And men of understanding that are not set by: And one that returneth from righteousness to sin; The Lord prepareth such a one for the sword.
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In context
— Sirach 26:28 —
29A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; And a huckster shall not be freed from sin.