Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you hear that a neighbor has said something he shouldn't, ask him about it. Maybe he didn't say it. If he did, he won't say it again. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again. Sirach 19:12As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool. Sirach 19:13 Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more. Sirach 19:15 Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed. Sirach 19:16 And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart. Context Sirach 19…13Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more. 14Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again. 15Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed.… Cross References Sirach 19:12 As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool. Sirach 19:13 Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more. Sirach 19:15 Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed. Sirach 19:16 And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart. |