Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation A shameless person can make begging sound sweet, but something inside him burns. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat. Sirach 40:28The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glory. Sirach 40:29 My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want. Sirach 40:31 But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself. Sirach 40:32 Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire. Context Sirach 40…29My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want. 30The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat. 31But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself.… Cross References Sirach 40:28 The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glory. Sirach 40:29 My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want. Sirach 40:31 But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself. Sirach 40:32 Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire. |