Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation People who set traps fall into them themselves. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock. Sirach 27:24But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul. Sirach 27:25 He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off: Sirach 27:27 I have hated many things but not like him, and the Lord will hate him. Sirach 27:28 If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful. Context Sirach 27…25He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off: 26In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock. 27I have hated many things but not like him, and the Lord will hate him.… Cross References Sirach 27:24 But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul. Sirach 27:25 He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off: Sirach 27:27 I have hated many things but not like him, and the Lord will hate him. Sirach 27:28 If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful. |