Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation So then, don't think of anyone's life as happy until it is over, because all the evidence is not in until the person is dead. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways. Sirach 11:26Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this? Sirach 11:27 In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things: Sirach 11:29 The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works. Sirach 11:30 Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children. Context Sirach 11…27In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things: 28For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways. 29The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works.… Cross References Sirach 11:26 Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this? Sirach 11:27 In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things: Sirach 11:29 The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works. Sirach 11:30 Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children. |