Cross References Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips. Sirach 26:26 A man of war fainting through poverty, and a man of sense despised: Sirach 26:27 And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword. Sirach 27:1 Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye. Sirach 27:2 As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips. Sirach 26:26A man of war fainting through poverty, and a man of sense despised: Sirach 26:27 And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword. Sirach 27:1 Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye. Sirach 27:2 As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast. Context Sirach 26…27And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword. 28Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips. … |
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