Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 40:30

ἐν στόματι ἀναιδοῦς γλυκανθήσεται ἐπαίτησις, καὶ ἐν κοιλίᾳ αὐτοῦ πῦρ καήσεται.
King James Version (KJV)

Begging is sweet in the mouth of the shameless: but in his belly there shall burn a fire.

Modern English

Begging may taste sweet to a shameless man, but in his stomach it burns like fire.

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