Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't refuse to help a beggar who is in distress. Don't turn your back on a poor person or give him any reason to curse you. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy. Sirach 4:2Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the poor in his want. Sirach 4:3 Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to gibe to him that is in distress. Sirach 4:5 Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back. Sirach 4:6 For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him. Context Sirach 4…3Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to gibe to him that is in distress. 4Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy. 5Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back.… Cross References Sirach 4:2 Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the poor in his want. Sirach 4:3 Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to gibe to him that is in distress. Sirach 4:5 Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back. Sirach 4:6 For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him. |