Sirach 27:15
Good News Translation
It is painful to listen to them insult each other, and such blustering can lead to violence.

New Revised Standard Version
The strife of the proud leads to bloodshed, and their abuse is grievous to hear.

Contemporary English Version
But fools are too proud to stop sinning, until someone gets hurt.

New American Bible
The wrangling of the proud ends in bloodshed, and their cursing is painful to hear.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.

Sirach 27:13
In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.

Sirach 27:14
The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.

Sirach 27:16
In the quarrels of the road is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.

Sirach 27:17
He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.

Context
Sirach 27
14The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin. 15The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears. 16In the quarrels of the road is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.…
Cross References
Sirach 27:13
In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.

Sirach 27:14
The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.

Sirach 27:16
In the quarrels of the road is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.

Sirach 27:17
He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 27:14
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