Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation None of their sins are hidden from him; he is aware of them all. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 17:18The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye: Sirach 17:19 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 17:21 Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins: Sirach 17:22 Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord, and offend less. Context Sirach 17…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. 21Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins:… Cross References 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 17:19 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 17:21 Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins: Sirach 17:22 Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord, and offend less. |