Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Instead, rely on someone who is religious and known to keep the Lord's commands, someone who is sympathetic with you, who will be sorry to see you fail. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks, Sirach 37:10Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee: Sirach 37:11 Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee. Sirach 37:13 Nor with the ungodly of piety, nor with the dishonest of honesty, nor with the field laborer of every work, Sirach 37:14 Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel. Context Sirach 37…11Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee. 12Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks, 13Nor with the ungodly of piety, nor with the dishonest of honesty, nor with the field laborer of every work,… Cross References Sirach 37:10 Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee: Sirach 37:11 Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee. Sirach 37:13 Nor with the ungodly of piety, nor with the dishonest of honesty, nor with the field laborer of every work, Sirach 37:14 Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel. |