Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version so make balances and scales for your words. Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge They that forsake God shall fall into it, and it shall burn in them, and shall not be quenched, and it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and as a leopard it shall tear them. Sirach 28:25The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it. Sirach 28:26 Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame. Sirach 28:28 Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth. Sirach 28:29 Melt down thy gold and silver, and make a balance for thy words, and a just bridle for thy mouth: Context Sirach 28…26Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame. 27They that forsake God shall fall into it, and it shall burn in them, and shall not be quenched, and it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and as a leopard it shall tear them. 28Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth.… Cross References Sirach 28:25 The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it. Sirach 28:26 Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame. Sirach 28:28 Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth. Sirach 28:29 Melt down thy gold and silver, and make a balance for thy words, and a just bridle for thy mouth: |
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