# Sirach 12:5

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

> The King James Version (1769), including the Apocrypha, is in the public domain in the United States. Letters patent restrict printing this translation in the United Kingdom.

- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/12/5
- 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
- JSON: https://apologetics.wiki/api/apocrypha/sirach/12/5
- Previous: [Sirach 12:4](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/12/4)
- Next: [Sirach 12:6](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/12/6)

Do well unto him that is lowly, but give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not unto him, lest he overmaster thee thereby: for else thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done unto him.