Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't visit stupid people or spend a lot of time talking with them. Avoid them; then they can't contaminate you, and you can live in peace without being troubled or worn down by their foolishness. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life. Sirach 22:11Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest. Sirach 22:12 For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death. Sirach 22:14 Talk not much with a fool and go not with him that hath no sense. Sirach 22:15 Keep thyself from him, that thou mayst not have trouble, and thou shalt not be defiled with his sin. Context Sirach 22…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. 14Talk not much with a fool and go not with him that hath no sense.… Cross References Sirach 22:11 Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest. Sirach 22:12 For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death. Sirach 22:14 Talk not much with a fool and go not with him that hath no sense. Sirach 22:15 Keep thyself from him, that thou mayst not have trouble, and thou shalt not be defiled with his sin. |