Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When one person blesses and somebody else curses, which one is the Lord going to listen to? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father. Sirach 34:22The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice. 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 34:25 The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood. Sirach 34:26 He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour. Context Sirach 34…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. 25The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood.… Cross References Sirach 34:22 The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice. 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 34:25 The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood. Sirach 34:26 He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour. |