Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But it is much better to rebuke the person than to keep your anger bottled up. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The lust of an eunuch shall deflour a young maiden: Sirach 19:28There is a lying rebuke in the anger of an injurious man: and there is a judgment that is not allowed to be good: and there is one that holdeth his peace, he is wise. Sirach 20:1 How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer. Sirach 20:3 So is he that by violence executeth of the unwise. Sirach 20:4 How good is it, when thou art reproved, to shew repentance! for so thou shalt escape wilful sin. Context Sirach 20…1How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer. 2The lust of an eunuch shall deflour a young maiden: 3So is he that by violence executeth of the unwise.… Cross References Sirach 19:28 There is a lying rebuke in the anger of an injurious man: and there is a judgment that is not allowed to be good: and there is one that holdeth his peace, he is wise. Sirach 20:1 How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer. Sirach 20:3 So is he that by violence executeth of the unwise. Sirach 20:4 How good is it, when thou art reproved, to shew repentance! for so thou shalt escape wilful sin. |
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