Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When one person builds and somebody else tears down, has anything been accomplished but hard work? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 34:21The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mockeries of the unjust are not acceptable. Sirach 34:22 The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice. 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. Sirach 34:25 The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood. Context Sirach 34…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. 24He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.… Cross References 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 34:22 The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice. 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. Sirach 34:25 The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood. |