Sirach 14:2
Good News Translation
If a person has a clear conscience and never gives up hope, he is certainly to be congratulated!

New Revised Standard Version
Happy are those whose hearts do not condemn them, and who have not given up their hope.

Contemporary English Version
and if you have no reason to feel guilty and have not given up hope. *

New American Bible
Happy are those whose conscience does not reproach them, those who have not lost hope.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope.

Sirach 13:32
The token of a good heart, and a good countenance thou shalt hardly find, and with labour.

Sirach 14:1
Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin.

Sirach 14:3
Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?

Sirach 14:4
He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting.

Context
Sirach 14
1Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin. 2Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope. 3Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?…
Cross References
Sirach 13:32
The token of a good heart, and a good countenance thou shalt hardly find, and with labour.

Sirach 14:1
Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin.

Sirach 14:3
Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?

Sirach 14:4
He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 14:1
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