Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Use your wealth as the Most High has commanded; this will do you more good than keeping your money for yourself. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy. Sirach 29:9And he will pay him with reproaches and curses, and instead of honour and good turn will repay him injuries. Sirach 29:10 Many have refused to lend, not out of wickedness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without cause. Sirach 29:12 Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty. Sirach 29:13 Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost. Context Sirach 29…10Many have refused to lend, not out of wickedness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without cause. 11But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy. 12Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty.… Cross References Sirach 29:9 And he will pay him with reproaches and curses, and instead of honour and good turn will repay him injuries. Sirach 29:10 Many have refused to lend, not out of wickedness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without cause. Sirach 29:12 Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty. Sirach 29:13 Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost. |