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Sirach 4:3
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3Add not more trouble to an heart that is vexed; and defer not to give to him that is in need.
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1My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.
2Make not an hungry soul sorrowful; neither provoke a man in his distress.
— Sirach 4:3 —
4Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.
5Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee: