Sirach 41:19
Good News Translation
Before your neighbors, be ashamed of theft. Be ashamed of breaking a promise, of leaning on the dinner table with your elbows, of stinginess when you are asked for something,

New Revised Standard Version
and of theft, in the place where you live. Be ashamed of breaking an oath or agreement, and of leaning on your elbow at meals; of surliness in receiving or giving,

Contemporary English Version
or steal from neighbors; if you break promises that you made in God's name; if you have bad manners when eating dinner, or when giving a gift or receiving one;

New American Bible
and in the place where you settle, of theft. Be ashamed of breaking an oath or a covenant, and of stretching your elbow at dinner; Of refusing to give when asked,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.

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Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.

Sirach 41:17
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?

Sirach 41:18
Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.

Sirach 41:20
For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.

Sirach 41:21
Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:

Context
Sirach 41
18Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom. 19Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of. 20For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.…
Cross References
Sirach 41:17
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?

Sirach 41:18
Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.

Sirach 41:20
For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.

Sirach 41:21
Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 41:18
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