Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Arrogant people insult others and make fun of them, but someone is waiting like a lion for a chance to take revenge on them. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful. Sirach 27:26In 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. Sirach 27:27 I have hated many things but not like him, and the Lord will hate him. Sirach 27:29 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it. Sirach 27:30 A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him. Context Sirach 27…27I have hated many things but not like him, and the Lord will hate him. 28If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful. 29He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.… Cross References Sirach 27:26 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 27:27 I have hated many things but not like him, and the Lord will hate him. Sirach 27:29 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it. Sirach 27:30 A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him. |