Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Wisdom takes care of those who look for her; she raises them to greatness. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother. Sirach 4:9Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul. Sirach 4:10 In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother. Sirach 4:12 Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice. Sirach 4:13 And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness. Context Sirach 4…10In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother. 11And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother. 12Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice.… Cross References Sirach 4:9 Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul. Sirach 4:10 In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother. Sirach 4:12 Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice. Sirach 4:13 And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness. |