What does Ecclesiasticus Chapter 12 say, and which statements belong to its speaker?

Ecclesiasticus 12 urges knowing recipients of good deeds, promising thanks and recompense for the just from recipient or Lord. It condemns persistent evil without alms, says God hates sinners and pities penitents, and urges giving to merciful and good people without sustaining sinners. Withholding bread from ungodly people is linked to avoiding being overmastered and receiving double harm. These are the text's severe instructions, not a new doctrine restricting all charity only to declared deserving people.

Friends are not known in prosperity, enemies not hidden in adversity; prosperity grieves enemies and adversity reveals friends. Do not trust an enemy, whose wickedness rusts like brass, even when humbled and crouching. Do not seat him nearby or at the right lest he take one's seat and the warning be remembered. The chapter asks who pities a serpent-struck enchanter or one near wild beasts, comparing company with wickedness and involvement in sin. A companion briefly stays but leaves at decline; sweet lips hide a planned pit, tears coexist with unsatisfied blood-seeking opportunity. First at calamity and feigning help, an enemy undermines feet, shakes head, claps, whispers and changes face. Neither polished recurring rust nor reconciled status is stated; the passage does not medically diagnose incurable malice or certify no sympathy for every exploited person.