Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version Take care not to err with your tongue, and fall victim to one lying in wait. Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth. 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. Sirach 28:27 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 28:29 Melt down thy gold and silver, and make a balance for thy words, and a just bridle for thy mouth: Sirach 28:30 And take heed lest thou slip with thy tongue, and fall in the sight of thy enemies who lie in wait for thee, and thy fall be incurable unto death. Context Sirach 28…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. 29Melt down thy gold and silver, and make a balance for thy words, and a just bridle for thy mouth:… Cross References 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 28:27 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 28:29 Melt down thy gold and silver, and make a balance for thy words, and a just bridle for thy mouth: Sirach 28:30 And take heed lest thou slip with thy tongue, and fall in the sight of thy enemies who lie in wait for thee, and thy fall be incurable unto death. |
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