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• There are two things which grieve my heart and a third arouses my anger: a warrior wasting away through poverty, the intelligent treated with contempt, someone turning back from virtue to sin -- the Lord marks out such a person for a violent death. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 28)

• It is difficult for a merchant to avoid doing wrong and for a trader not to incur sin. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 29)

• Many have sinned for the sake of profit, one who hopes to be rich must turn a blind eye. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 1)

• Whoever does not firmly hold to the fear of the Lord, his house will soon be overthrown. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 3)

• The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a person is in conversation. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 5)

• The orchard where the tree grows is judged by its fruit, similarly words betray what a person feels. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 6)

• Birds consort with their kind, truth comes home to those who practise it. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 9)

• The lion lies in wait for its prey, so does sin for those who do wrong. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 10)

• A betrayer of secrets forfeits all trust and will never find the kind of friend he wants. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 16)

• Be fond of a friend and keep faith with him, but if you have betrayed his secrets, do not go after him any more; (Ecclesiasticus 27, 17)

• for, as one destroys a person by killing him, so you have killed your neighbour's friendship, (Ecclesiasticus 27, 18)

• For a wound can be bandaged and abuse forgiven, but for the betrayer of a secret there is no hope. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 21)