Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Wine and women make sensible men do foolish things. A man who goes to prostitutes gets more and more careless, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent: Sirach 18:33Make not thyself poor by borrowing to contribute to feasts when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be an enemy to thy own life. Sirach 19:1 A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little. Sirach 19:3 And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number. Sirach 19:4 He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised. Context Sirach 19…1A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little. 2Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent: 3And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number.… Cross References Sirach 18:33 Make not thyself poor by borrowing to contribute to feasts when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be an enemy to thy own life. Sirach 19:1 A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little. Sirach 19:3 And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number. Sirach 19:4 He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised. |