Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Those who abandon their parents or give them cause for anger may as well be cursing the Lord; they are already under the Lord's curse. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy mother. Sirach 3:14Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him not in his life; Sirach 3:15 And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of the father shall not be forgotten. Sirach 3:17 And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sins shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather. Sirach 3:18 Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his father: and he is cursed of God that angereth his mother. Context Sirach 3…15And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of the father shall not be forgotten. 16For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy mother. 17And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sins shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather.… Cross References Sirach 3:14 Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him not in his life; Sirach 3:15 And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of the father shall not be forgotten. Sirach 3:17 And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sins shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather. Sirach 3:18 Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his father: and he is cursed of God that angereth his mother. |