Sirach 42:4-6

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⁴ of accuracy with scales and weights
    and of acquiring much or little;^(A)
5 of profit from dealing with merchants
    and of frequent disciplining of children
    and of drawing blood from the back of a wicked slave.^(B)
6 Where there is an untrustworthy wife, a seal is a good thing,
    and where there are many hands, lock things up.