Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't deny yourself a single day's happiness. If there is something you want to do and it is lawful, go ahead! New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee. Sirach 14:12Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die. Sirach 14:13 Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor. Sirach 14:15 Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours? Sirach 14:16 Give and take, and justify thy soul. Context Sirach 14…13Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor. 14Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee. 15Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours?… Cross References Sirach 14:12 Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die. Sirach 14:13 Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor. Sirach 14:15 Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours? Sirach 14:16 Give and take, and justify thy soul. |