Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation For seven days we mourn the dead, but a foolish or ungodly person causes a lifetime of grief. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death. Sirach 22:10Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed: and weep for the fool, for his understanding faileth. Sirach 22:11 Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest. Sirach 22:13 The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life. Sirach 22:14 Talk not much with a fool and go not with him that hath no sense. Context Sirach 22…11Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest. 12For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death. 13The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life.… Cross References Sirach 22:10 Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed: and weep for the fool, for his understanding faileth. Sirach 22:11 Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest. Sirach 22:13 The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life. Sirach 22:14 Talk not much with a fool and go not with him that hath no sense. |