Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation In an official assembly, don't get up and talk a lot of nonsense. And don't repeat yourself when you pray. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Be not willing to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good. Sirach 7:12Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth all. Sirach 7:13 Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither do the like against thy friend. Sirach 7:15 Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer. Sirach 7:16 Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High. Context Sirach 7…13Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither do the like against thy friend. 14Be not willing to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good. 15Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer.… Cross References Sirach 7:12 Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth all. Sirach 7:13 Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither do the like against thy friend. Sirach 7:15 Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer. Sirach 7:16 Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High. |