Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation He will have compassion on us if we accept his guidance and are eager for him to show us where we are wrong. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He hath mercy on him that receiveth the discipline of mercy, and that maketh haste in his judgments. Sirach 18:12The compassion of man is toward his neighbour: but the mercy of God is upon all flesh. Sirach 18:13 He hath mercy, and teacheth, and correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock. 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. Sirach 18:16 Shall not the dew assuage the heat? so also the good word is better than the gift. Context Sirach 18…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. 15My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint, and when thou givest any thing, add not grief by an evil word.… Cross References Sirach 18:12 The compassion of man is toward his neighbour: but the mercy of God is upon all flesh. Sirach 18:13 He hath mercy, and teacheth, and correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock. 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. Sirach 18:16 Shall not the dew assuage the heat? so also the good word is better than the gift. |
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