Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you are polite and courteous, you will enjoy the friendship of many people. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth. Sirach 6:3And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit, and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilderness. Sirach 6:4 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 6:6 Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor. Sirach 6:7 If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before thou takest him, and do not credit him easily. Context Sirach 6…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. 6Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor.… Cross References 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 6:4 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 6:6 Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor. Sirach 6:7 If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before thou takest him, and do not credit him easily. |
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