Sirach 29:3-5

Good News Translation

³ If you meet your obligations, you will always be able to borrow what you need. ⁴ Many people treat a loan as something they found and can keep, causing embarrassment to those who helped them. ⁵ Some people will speak politely, bow, and scrape until they get the loan they want, but when the time comes to pay it back, they'll put it off, say that it's inconvenient, and make a lot of worthless excuses.