Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation And don't forget to thank your Creator for letting you enjoy so many good things. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge In the company of great men take not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much. Sirach 32:11If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short. Sirach 32:12 In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking. Sirach 32:14 Before a storm goeth lightning: and before shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee. Sirach 32:15 And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy pastime. Context Sirach 32…12In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking. 13In the company of great men take not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much. 14Before a storm goeth lightning: and before shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.… Cross References Sirach 32:11 If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short. Sirach 32:12 In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking. Sirach 32:14 Before a storm goeth lightning: and before shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee. Sirach 32:15 And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy pastime. |