Sirach 34:22
Good News Translation
It is murder to deprive someone of his living or to cheat an employee of his wages.

New Revised Standard Version
the gifts of the lawless are not acceptable.

Contemporary English Version
and he won't accept gifts from those who reject his Law.

New American Bible
Presents from the lawless do not win God’s favor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice.

Sirach 34:20
A preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling: he raiseth up the soul, and enlighteneth the eyes, and giveth health, and life, and blessing.

Sirach 34:21
The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mockeries of the unjust are not acceptable.

Sirach 34:23
The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked: neither hath he respect to the oblations of the unjust, nor will he be pacified for sins by the multitude of their sacrifices.

Sirach 34:24
He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.

Context
Sirach 34
21The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mockeries of the unjust are not acceptable. 22The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice. 23The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked: neither hath he respect to the oblations of the unjust, nor will he be pacified for sins by the multitude of their sacrifices.…
Cross References
Sirach 34:20
A preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling: he raiseth up the soul, and enlighteneth the eyes, and giveth health, and life, and blessing.

Sirach 34:21
The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mockeries of the unjust are not acceptable.

Sirach 34:23
The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked: neither hath he respect to the oblations of the unjust, nor will he be pacified for sins by the multitude of their sacrifices.

Sirach 34:24
He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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