Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 13:20

βδέλυγμα ὑπερηφάνῳ ταπεινότης, οὕτως βδέλυγμα πλουσίῳ πτωχός.
King James Version (KJV)

As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich abhor the poor.

Modern English

As the proud despise humility, so the rich despise the poor.

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