Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation but to a sensible person, it is like gold bracelets. An intelligent person will smile quietly while a fool roars with laughter. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The mouth of the prudent is sought after in the church, and they will think upon his words in their hearts. Sirach 21:18A man of sense will praise every wise word he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxurious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him, and he will cast it behind his back. Sirach 21:19 The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found. Sirach 21:21 As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as words without sense. Sirach 21:22 Doctrine to a fool is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand. Context Sirach 21…19The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found. 20The mouth of the prudent is sought after in the church, and they will think upon his words in their hearts. 21As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as words without sense.… Cross References Sirach 21:18 A man of sense will praise every wise word he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxurious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him, and he will cast it behind his back. Sirach 21:19 The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found. Sirach 21:21 As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as words without sense. Sirach 21:22 Doctrine to a fool is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand. |
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