Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Protect people from those who want to wrong them, and be firm in your judgments. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul. Sirach 4:7Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man. Sirach 4:8 Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness. Sirach 4:10 In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother. Sirach 4:11 And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother. Context Sirach 4…8Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness. 9Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul. 10In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.… Cross References Sirach 4:7 Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man. Sirach 4:8 Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness. Sirach 4:10 In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother. Sirach 4:11 And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother. |