Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you respect your father, one day your own children will make you happy; the Lord will hear your prayers. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure. Sirach 3:3For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children. 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 3:6 He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard. Sirach 3:7 He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother. Context Sirach 3…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. 5And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure. 6He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.… Cross References Sirach 3:3 For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children. Sirach 3:4 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 3:6 He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard. Sirach 3:7 He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother. |