Sirach 12:5 (WEB)
Do good to one who is lowly. Don’t give to an ungodly man. Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him, lest he subdue you with it; for you would receive twice as much evil for all the good you would have done to him.
Fathers and councils · 1
““Help not a sinner:” and, “give not to the ungodly;” and yet, “give unto every man that asketh of thee.”” — editor's note: Ecclus. xii. 4, 5, 6.
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