# Sirach 37:5

**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/37/5
- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 37](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/37)
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There is a companion, which helpeth his friend for the belly, and taketh up the buckler against the enemy.