Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You have killed that friendship just as surely as if you had taken a weapon and killed an enemy. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity. Sirach 27:16In 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. Sirach 27:19 But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him. Sirach 27:20 For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour. Context Sirach 27…17He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind. 18Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity. 19But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him.… Cross References 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. Sirach 27:19 But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him. Sirach 27:20 For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour. |