Ecclesiasticus 13:2
“Burthen not thy selfe aboue thy power, while thou liuest, and haue no fellowship with one that is mightier, and richer then thy selfe. For how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.”
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Ecclesiasticus 13:2 Context
1He that toucheth pitch, shal be defiled therewith, and hee that hath fellowship with a proude man, shall be like vnto him. 2Burthen not thy selfe aboue thy power, while thou liuest, and haue no fellowship with one that is mightier, and richer then thy selfe. For how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken. 3The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threatneth withall: the poore is wronged, and he must intreat also. 4If thou be for his profit, he will vse thee: but if thou haue nothing, he will forsake thee.
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Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.
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