Sirach 7:18
Good News Translation
Don't betray a friend for money. Don't betray a real friend for all the gold in the world.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not exchange a friend for money, or a real brother for the gold of Ophir.

Contemporary English Version
Don't betray a friend for money or a relative for pure gold.

New American Bible
Do not barter a friend for money, or a true brother for the gold of Ophir.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.

Sirach 7:16
Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High.

Sirach 7:17
Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly.

Sirach 7:19
Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms.

Sirach 7:20
Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold.

Context
Sirach 7
17Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly. 18Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long. 19Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms.…
Cross References
Sirach 7:16
Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High.

Sirach 7:17
Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly.

Sirach 7:19
Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms.

Sirach 7:20
Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 7:17
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