Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Above all, pray to the Most High that he will show you the right thing to do. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God, Sirach 37:13Nor 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. Sirach 37:16 Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee. Sirach 37:17 And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth to thee than it. Context Sirach 37…14Nor 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. 15But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God, 16Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee.… Cross References 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. Sirach 37:16 Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee. Sirach 37:17 And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth to thee than it. |
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