Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation No sufferings are worse than the sufferings caused by people who hate you. No revenge is worse than revenge taken by an enemy. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The fear of God hath set itself above all things: Sirach 25:12Blessed is he that findeth a true friend, and that declareth justice to an ear that heareth. Sirach 25:13 How great is he that findeth wisdom and knowledge! but there is none above him that feareth the Lord. Sirach 25:15 Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened? Sirach 25:16 The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it. Context Sirach 25…13How great is he that findeth wisdom and knowledge! but there is none above him that feareth the Lord. 14The fear of God hath set itself above all things: 15Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened?… Cross References Sirach 25:12 Blessed is he that findeth a true friend, and that declareth justice to an ear that heareth. Sirach 25:13 How great is he that findeth wisdom and knowledge! but there is none above him that feareth the Lord. Sirach 25:15 Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened? Sirach 25:16 The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it. |