Sirach 4:24
Good News Translation
Your wisdom and education can be known only by what you say.

New Revised Standard Version
For wisdom becomes known through speech, and education through the words of the tongue.

Contemporary English Version
If your wisdom and knowledge are to make any difference, you will have to speak.

New American Bible
For wisdom becomes known through speech, and knowledge through the tongue’s response.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth.

Sirach 4:22
But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

Sirach 4:23
Son, observe the time, and fly from evil.

Sirach 4:25
For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.

Sirach 4:26
Accept no person against thy own person, nor against thy soul a lie.

Context
Sirach 4
23Son, observe the time, and fly from evil. 24For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth. 25For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.…
Cross References
Sirach 4:22
But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

Sirach 4:23
Son, observe the time, and fly from evil.

Sirach 4:25
For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.

Sirach 4:26
Accept no person against thy own person, nor against thy soul a lie.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 4:23
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