Sirach 28:4 Catholic Bible: You yourself are a sinner, and if you won't forgive another person, you have no right to pray that the Lord will forgive your sins.

◄ Sirach 28:4 ►

Good News Translation
You yourself are a sinner, and if you won't forgive another person, you have no right to pray that the Lord will forgive your sins.

New Revised Standard Version
If one has no mercy toward another like himself, can he then seek pardon for his own sins?

Contemporary English Version
or refuse to show mercy.

New American Bible
Can one refuse mercy to a sinner like oneself, yet seek pardon for one’s own sins?

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath no mercy on a man like himself, and doth he entreat for his own sins?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He hath no mercy on a man like himself, and doth he entreat for his own sins?

Sirach 28:2
Forgive thy neighbour if he hath hurt thee: and then shall thy sins be forgiven to thee when thou prayest.

Sirach 28:3
Man to man reserveth anger, and doth he seek remedy of God?

Sirach 28:5
He that is but flesh, nourisheth anger, and doth he ask forgiveness of God? who shall obtain pardon for his sins?

Sirach 28:6
Remember thy last things, and let enmity cease:

Context

Sirach 28
…3Man to man reserveth anger, and doth he seek remedy of God? 4He hath no mercy on a man like himself, and doth he entreat for his own sins? 5He that is but flesh, nourisheth anger, and doth he ask forgiveness of God? who shall obtain pardon for his sins?…

Cross References

(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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