Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you repeat secrets that have been told to you, you are destroying the confidence others have in you, and you will never have a close friend. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge In the quarrels of the road is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing. Sirach 27:14The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin. Sirach 27:15 The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears. Sirach 27:17 He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind. Sirach 27:18 Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity. Context Sirach 27…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. 17He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.… Cross References Sirach 27:14 The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin. Sirach 27:15 The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears. Sirach 27:17 He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind. Sirach 27:18 Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity. |