Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation It's good manners to be the first to stop eating; stuffing yourself is offensive. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Be not hasty in a feast. Sirach 31:15What 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. Sirach 31:18 Judge of the disposition of thy neighbour by thyself. Sirach 31:19 Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be hated. Context Sirach 31…16Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion. 17Be not hasty in a feast. 18Judge of the disposition of thy neighbour by thyself.… Cross References 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. Sirach 31:18 Judge of the disposition of thy neighbour by thyself. Sirach 31:19 Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be hated. |