Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation people have no more trust in a homeless person who sleeps in a different place every night than they have in a wandering thief who goes from town to town. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest. Sirach 36:24The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance of her husband, and a man desireth nothing more. Sirach 36:25 If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men. Sirach 36:27 Where there is no hedge, the possession shall be spoiled: and where there is no wife, he mourneth that is in want. Sirach 36:28 Who will trust him that hath no rest, and that lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him, as a robber well appointed, that skippeth from city to city. Context Sirach 36…25If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men. 26He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest. 27Where there is no hedge, the possession shall be spoiled: and where there is no wife, he mourneth that is in want.… Cross References Sirach 36:24 The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance of her husband, and a man desireth nothing more. Sirach 36:25 If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men. Sirach 36:27 Where there is no hedge, the possession shall be spoiled: and where there is no wife, he mourneth that is in want. Sirach 36:28 Who will trust him that hath no rest, and that lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him, as a robber well appointed, that skippeth from city to city. |