Sirach 31:14
Good News Translation
Don't reach out for everything you see, and don't elbow people out of the way to get at the food.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not reach out your hand for everything you see, and do not crowd your neighbor at the dish.

Contemporary English Version
Don't reach out and grab the food you want or push others aside.

New American Bible
Recognize that your neighbor feels as you do, and keep in mind everything you dislike.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Remember that a wicked eye is evil.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Remember that a wicked eye is evil.

Sirach 31:12
Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it.

Sirach 31:13
Say not: There are many things which are upon it.

Sirach 31:15
What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see.

Sirach 31:16
Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion.

Context
Sirach 31
13Say not: There are many things which are upon it. 14Remember that a wicked eye is evil. 15What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see.…
Cross References
Sirach 31:12
Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it.

Sirach 31:13
Say not: There are many things which are upon it.

Sirach 31:15
What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see.

Sirach 31:16
Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion.



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Sirach 31:13
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