# Sirach 12:17

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/12/17
- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 12](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/12)
- Background: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach#background-and-history
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If adversity come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first; and though he pretend to help thee, yet shall he undermine thee.