Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation We can show compassion to someone we know, but the Lord shows compassion for all humanity. He corrects us; he disciplines us; he teaches us. Like a shepherd tending sheep, he brings us back to himself. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He hath mercy, and teacheth, and correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock. Sirach 18:11Therefore hath he filled up his mercy in their favour, and hath shewn them the way of justice. Sirach 18:12 The compassion of man is toward his neighbour: but the mercy of God is upon all flesh. Sirach 18:14 He hath mercy on him that receiveth the discipline of mercy, and that maketh haste in his judgments. Sirach 18:15 My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint, and when thou givest any thing, add not grief by an evil word. Context Sirach 18…12The compassion of man is toward his neighbour: but the mercy of God is upon all flesh. 13He hath mercy, and teacheth, and correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock. 14He hath mercy on him that receiveth the discipline of mercy, and that maketh haste in his judgments.… Cross References Sirach 18:11 Therefore hath he filled up his mercy in their favour, and hath shewn them the way of justice. Sirach 18:12 The compassion of man is toward his neighbour: but the mercy of God is upon all flesh. Sirach 18:14 He hath mercy on him that receiveth the discipline of mercy, and that maketh haste in his judgments. Sirach 18:15 My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint, and when thou givest any thing, add not grief by an evil word. |