Sirach 21:13
Good News Translation
A wise person's knowledge is like a river that never runs dry, like an everflowing stream of good advice.

New Revised Standard Version
The knowledge of the wise will increase like a flood, and their counsel like a life-giving spring.

Contemporary English Version
The knowledge of the wise is an overflowing river, and their advice is a life-giving spring.

New American Bible
The knowledge of the wise wells up like a flood, and their counsel like a living spring.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The perfection of the fear of God is wisdom and understanding.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The perfection of the fear of God is wisdom and understanding.

Sirach 21:11
The way of sinners is made plain with stones, and in their end is hell, and darkness, and pains.

Sirach 21:12
He that keepeth justice shall get the understanding thereof.

Sirach 21:14
He that is not wise in good, will not be taught.

Sirach 21:15
But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in evil: and there is no understanding where there is bitterness.

Context
Sirach 21
12He that keepeth justice shall get the understanding thereof. 13The perfection of the fear of God is wisdom and understanding. 14He that is not wise in good, will not be taught.…
Cross References
Sirach 21:11
The way of sinners is made plain with stones, and in their end is hell, and darkness, and pains.

Sirach 21:12
He that keepeth justice shall get the understanding thereof.

Sirach 21:14
He that is not wise in good, will not be taught.

Sirach 21:15
But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in evil: and there is no understanding where there is bitterness.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 21:12
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