Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The Lord is always watching what people do; everything they do is as clear as day to him. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth. Sirach 17:17Their covenants were not hid by their iniquity, and all their iniquities are in the sight of God. Sirach 17:18 The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye: Sirach 17:20 But to the penitent he hath given the way of justice, and he hath strengthened them that were fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth. Sirach 17:21 Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins: Context Sirach 17…18The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye: 19And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth. 20But to the penitent he hath given the way of justice, and he hath strengthened them that were fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth.… Cross References Sirach 17:17 Their covenants were not hid by their iniquity, and all their iniquities are in the sight of God. Sirach 17:18 The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye: Sirach 17:20 But to the penitent he hath given the way of justice, and he hath strengthened them that were fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth. Sirach 17:21 Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins: |