Generosity.  Sir.29.8-13

⁸Nevertheless, be patient with a man in humble circumstances,
and do not make him wait for your alms.
⁹Help a poor man for the commandment's sake,
and because of his need do not send him away empty.
¹⁰Lose your silver for the sake of a brother or a friend,
and do not let it rust under a stone and be lost.
¹¹Lay up your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High,
and it will profit you more than gold.
¹²Store up almsgiving in your treasury,
and it will rescue you from all affliction;
¹³more than a mighty shield and more than a heavy spear,
it will fight on your behalf against your enemy.

Guarantees.  Sir.29.14-20

¹⁴A good man will be surety for his neighbour,
but a man who has lost his sense of shame will fail him.
¹⁵Do not forget all the kindness of your surety,
for he has given his life for you.
¹⁶A sinner will overthrow the prosperity of his surety,
¹⁷and one who does not feel grateful will abandon his rescuer.
¹⁸Being surety has ruined many men who were prosperous,
and has shaken them like a wave of the sea;
it has driven men of power into exile,
and they have wandered among foreign nations.
¹⁹The sinner who has fallen into suretyship
and pursues gain will fall into lawsuits.
²⁰Assist your neighbour according to your ability,
but take heed to yourself lest you fall.

Home & hospitality.  Sir.29.21-28

²¹The essentials for life are water and bread
and clothing and a house to cover one's nakedness.
²²Better is the life of a poor man under the shelter of his roof
than sumptuous food in another man's house.
²³Be content with little or much.
²⁴It is a miserable life to go from house to house,
and where you are a stranger you may not open your mouth;
²⁵you will play the host and provide drink without being thanked,
and besides this you will hear bitter words:
²⁶"Come here, stranger, prepare the table,
and if you have anything at hand, let me have it to eat."
²⁷"Give place, stranger, to an honoured person;
my brother has come to stay with me;
I need my house."
²⁸These things are hard to bear for a man who has feeling:
scolding about lodging and the reproach of the moneylender.