Sirach 29:23-25

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²³Be content with little or much.^[a]
²⁴It is a miserable life to go from house to house,
and where you are a stranger you may not open your mouth;
²⁵you will play the host and provide drink without being thanked,
and besides this you will hear bitter words:

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Sirach 29:23 Other authorities add and you will not hear reproach for your sojourning.

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