Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When someone rich makes a mistake, there are many people to cover up for him and explain away all the things he never should have said. But let someone poor make a mistake, and he gets nothing but criticism. Even if what he says makes good sense, nobody will listen. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor? Sirach 13:20All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like. Sirach 13:21 If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just. Sirach 13:23 The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich. Sirach 13:24 And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor. Context Sirach 13…21If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just. 22What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor? 23The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich.… Cross References Sirach 13:20 All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like. Sirach 13:21 If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just. Sirach 13:23 The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich. Sirach 13:24 And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor. |