Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation It is hard to remove a peg that is stuck between two stones of a house, and it is just as hard to remove dishonesty from buying and selling. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast. Sirach 26:28Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips. Sirach 27:1 Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye. Sirach 27:3 Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner. Sirach 27:4 Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown. Context Sirach 27…1Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye. 2As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast. 3Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner.… Cross References Sirach 26:28 Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips. Sirach 27:1 Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye. Sirach 27:3 Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner. Sirach 27:4 Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown. |