Ecclesiasticus 6:7
“If thou wouldst get a friend, proue him first, and be not hasty to credit him.”
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Ecclesiasticus 6:7 Context
5Sweet language will multiply friends: and a faire speaking tongue will increase kinde greetings. 6Be in peace with many: neuerthelesse haue but one counseller of a thousand. 7If thou wouldst get a friend, proue him first, and be not hasty to credit him. 8For some man is a friend for his owne occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble. 9And there is a friend, who being turned to enmitie, and strife, will discouer thy reproch.
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If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first and be not hasty to credit him.
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