Sirach 3:26
Good News Translation
Stubbornness will get you into trouble at the end. If you live dangerously, it will kill you.

New Revised Standard Version
A stubborn mind will be burdened by troubles, and the sinner adds sin to sins.

Contemporary English Version
If you are stubborn, you will end up in trouble, and if you love danger, it will kill you someday.

New American Bible
A stubborn heart will have many a hurt; adding sin to sin is madness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the suspicion of them hath deceived many, and hath detained their minds in vanity.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the suspicion of them hath deceived many, and hath detained their minds in vanity.

Sirach 3:24
In unnecessary matters be not over curious, and in many of his works thou shalt not be inquisitive.

Sirach 3:25
For many things are shewn to thee above the understanding of men.

Sirach 3:27
A hard heart shall fear evil at the last: and he that loveth danger shall perish in it.

Sirach 3:28
A heart that goeth two ways shall not have success, and the perverse of heart shall be scandalized therein.

Context
Sirach 3
25For many things are shewn to thee above the understanding of men. 26And the suspicion of them hath deceived many, and hath detained their minds in vanity. 27A hard heart shall fear evil at the last: and he that loveth danger shall perish in it.…
Cross References
Sirach 3:24
In unnecessary matters be not over curious, and in many of his works thou shalt not be inquisitive.

Sirach 3:25
For many things are shewn to thee above the understanding of men.

Sirach 3:27
A hard heart shall fear evil at the last: and he that loveth danger shall perish in it.

Sirach 3:28
A heart that goeth two ways shall not have success, and the perverse of heart shall be scandalized therein.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 3:25
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