Sirach 30:29

²⁷Hear me, O ye great men of the people, And hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the congregation.

²⁸Give not thy son and wife, thy brother and friend, power over thee while thou livest, And give not thy goods to another, Lest it repent thee, and thou entreat for the same again.

— Sirach 30:29 —

³⁰For better it is that thy children should seek to thee, Than that thou shouldest stand to their courtesy.

³¹In all thy works keep to thyself the preeminence; Leave not a stain in thine honor.