Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation So be generous; but also be willing to receive from others. Enjoy yourself, for you will not find any pleasures in the world of the dead. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Give and take, and justify thy soul. Sirach 14:14Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee. Sirach 14:15 Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours? Sirach 14:17 Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food. Sirach 14:18 All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree. Context Sirach 14…15Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours? 16Give and take, and justify thy soul. 17Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.… Cross References Sirach 14:14 Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee. Sirach 14:15 Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours? Sirach 14:17 Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food. Sirach 14:18 All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree. |