Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I will give you diligent and accurate instruction. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And I will shew forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his works from the beginning, and I shew forth in truth his knowledge. Sirach 16:23He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things, and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things. Sirach 16:24 Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in thy heart. Sirach 16:26 The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations. Sirach 16:27 He beautified their works for ever, they have neither hungered, nor laboured, and they have not ceased from their works. Context Sirach 16…24Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in thy heart. 25And I will shew forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his works from the beginning, and I shew forth in truth his knowledge. 26The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations.… Cross References Sirach 16:23 He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things, and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things. Sirach 16:24 Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in thy heart. Sirach 16:26 The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations. Sirach 16:27 He beautified their works for ever, they have neither hungered, nor laboured, and they have not ceased from their works. |