Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you respect your father, you can make up for your sins, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children. Sirach 3:1The sons of wisdom are the church of the just: and their generation, obedience and love. Sirach 3:2 Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved. Sirach 3:4 He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days. Sirach 3:5 And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure. Context Sirach 3…2Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved. 3For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children. 4He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days.… Cross References Sirach 3:1 The sons of wisdom are the church of the just: and their generation, obedience and love. Sirach 3:2 Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved. Sirach 3:4 He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days. Sirach 3:5 And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure. |