Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But a person who covers up his foolishness is better than one who keeps his wisdom to himself. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct. Sirach 20:29A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones. Sirach 20:30 He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall be exalted: and he that pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity. Sirach 20:32 O Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is not seen: what profit is there in them both? Sirach 20:33 Better is he that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom. Context Sirach 20…30He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall be exalted: and he that pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity. 31Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct. 32O Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is not seen: what profit is there in them both?… Cross References Sirach 20:29 A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones. Sirach 20:30 He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall be exalted: and he that pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity. Sirach 20:32 O Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is not seen: what profit is there in them both? Sirach 20:33 Better is he that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom. |
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