Sirach 20:24
Good News Translation
Lying is an ugly blot on a person's character, but ignorant people do it all the time.

New Revised Standard Version
A lie is an ugly blot on a person; it is continually on the lips of the ignorant.

Contemporary English Version
The ignorant are always lying, not knowing that telling a lie leaves an ugly scar.

New American Bible
A lie is a foul blot in a person, yet it is always on the lips of the ignorant.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is that will destroy his own soul through shamefacedness, and by occasion of an unwise person he will destroy it: and by respect of person he will destroy himself.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

There is that will destroy his own soul through shamefacedness, and by occasion of an unwise person he will destroy it: and by respect of person he will destroy himself.

Sirach 20:22
A parable coming out of a fool's mouth shall be rejected: for he doth not speak it in due season.

Sirach 20:23
There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked.

Sirach 20:25
There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.

Sirach 20:26
A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet it will be continually in the mouth of men without discipline.

Context
Sirach 20
23There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked. 24There is that will destroy his own soul through shamefacedness, and by occasion of an unwise person he will destroy it: and by respect of person he will destroy himself. 25There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.…
Cross References
Sirach 20:22
A parable coming out of a fool's mouth shall be rejected: for he doth not speak it in due season.

Sirach 20:23
There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked.

Sirach 20:25
There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.

Sirach 20:26
A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet it will be continually in the mouth of men without discipline.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 20:23
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