Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Leave the party at the right time and never be the last to go. Don't linger at the door; just go straight home. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short. Sirach 32:9Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee. Sirach 32:10 Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause. Sirach 32:12 In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking. Sirach 32:13 In the company of great men take not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much. Context Sirach 32…10Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause. 11If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short. 12In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking.… Cross References Sirach 32:9 Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee. Sirach 32:10 Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause. Sirach 32:12 In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking. Sirach 32:13 In the company of great men take not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much. |