Sirach 6:4
Good News Translation
Evil desire will destroy you and make you a joke to your enemies.

New Revised Standard Version
Evil passion destroys those who have it, and makes them the laughingstock of their enemies.

Contemporary English Version
Evil desires will destroy you, and your enemies will laugh.

New American Bible
For fierce passion destroys its owner and makes him the sport of his enemies.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For a wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and maketh him to be a joy to his enemies, and shall lead him into the lot of the wicked.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For a wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and maketh him to be a joy to his enemies, and shall lead him into the lot of the wicked.

Sirach 6:2
Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy strength be quashed by folly,

Sirach 6:3
And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit, and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilderness.

Sirach 6:5
A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth.

Sirach 6:6
Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor.

Context
Sirach 6
3And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit, and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilderness. 4For a wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and maketh him to be a joy to his enemies, and shall lead him into the lot of the wicked. 5A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth.…
Cross References
Sirach 6:2
Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy strength be quashed by folly,

Sirach 6:3
And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit, and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilderness.

Sirach 6:5
A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth.

Sirach 6:6
Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 6:3
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