Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Devote all your time to studying the Lord's commands and thinking about them. He will give you the insight and wisdom you are looking for. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts of God, and meditate continually on his commandments: and he will give thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom shall be given to thee. Sirach 6:35Stand in the multitude of ancients that are wise, and join thyself from thy heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst hear every discourse of God, and the sayings of praise may not escape thee. Sirach 6:36 And if thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the steps of his doors. Sirach 7:1 Do no evils, and no evils shall lay hold of thee. Sirach 7:2 Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee. Context Sirach 6…36And if thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the steps of his doors. 37Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts of God, and meditate continually on his commandments: and he will give thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom shall be given to thee. … Cross References Sirach 6:35 Stand in the multitude of ancients that are wise, and join thyself from thy heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst hear every discourse of God, and the sayings of praise may not escape thee. Sirach 6:36 And if thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the steps of his doors. Sirach 7:1 Do no evils, and no evils shall lay hold of thee. Sirach 7:2 Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee. |