Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation An impolite person is like one of those off-color stories that ignorant people are always telling. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had. Sirach 20:17A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds. Sirach 20:18 For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn! Sirach 20:20 The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily. Sirach 20:21 A man without grace is as a vain fable, it shall be continually in the mouth of the unwise. Context Sirach 20…18For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn! 19For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had. 20The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.… Cross References Sirach 20:17 A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds. Sirach 20:18 For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn! Sirach 20:20 The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily. Sirach 20:21 A man without grace is as a vain fable, it shall be continually in the mouth of the unwise. |