Sirach 4:31
King James VersionSource notes
“Let not thine hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldest repay.”
Context
28Strive for the truth unto death, and the Lord shall fight for thee.
29Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss.
30Be not as a lion in thy house, nor frantick among thy servants.
31Let not thine hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldest repay.