Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Compared to most flying things, a bee is very small, but the honey it makes is the sweetest of foods. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The bee is small among flying things but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness. Sirach 11:1The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men. Sirach 11:2 Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look. Sirach 11:4 Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden. Sirach 11:5 Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown. Context Sirach 11…2Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look. 3The bee is small among flying things but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness. 4Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden.… Cross References Sirach 11:1 The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men. Sirach 11:2 Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look. Sirach 11:4 Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden. Sirach 11:5 Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown. |