Sirach 41:20
Good News Translation
of not returning a greeting, of staring at a prostitute,

New Revised Standard Version
and of silence, before those who greet you; of looking at a prostitute,

Contemporary English Version
if you don't reply when someone greets you; if you men look at a prostitute *

Douay-Rheims Bible
For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.

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

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

Sirach 41:19
Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.

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

Sirach 41:22
Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:

Context
Sirach 41
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. 21Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:…
Cross References
Sirach 41:18
Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.

Sirach 41:19
Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.

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

Sirach 41:22
Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 41:19
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