Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Wounds can be bandaged and insults can be forgiven, but if you betray a confidence, it is hopeless. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again. Sirach 27:19But 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. Sirach 27:22 Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare because his soul is wounded. Sirach 27:23 Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation: Context Sirach 27…20For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour. 21And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again. 22Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare because his soul is wounded.… Cross References 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. Sirach 27:22 Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare because his soul is wounded. Sirach 27:23 Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation: |