Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't make fun of someone who has fallen on hard times and is dressed in rags. The Lord does wonderful things that human beings never notice. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 11:2Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look. Sirach 11:3 The bee is small among flying things but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness. Sirach 11:5 Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown. Sirach 11:6 Many mighty men have been greatly brought down, and the glorious have been delivered into the hand of others. Context Sirach 11…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. 5Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown.… Cross References Sirach 11:2 Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look. Sirach 11:3 The bee is small among flying things but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness. Sirach 11:5 Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown. Sirach 11:6 Many mighty men have been greatly brought down, and the glorious have been delivered into the hand of others. |