Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation No sinner can escape with what he has stolen. The Lord will reward the patience of devout people. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works. Sirach 16:11So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished: Sirach 16:12 For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation: Sirach 16:14 The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off. Sirach 16:15 All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment. Context Sirach 16…12For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation: 13According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works. 14The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off.… Cross References Sirach 16:11 So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished: Sirach 16:12 For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation: Sirach 16:14 The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off. Sirach 16:15 All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment. |