Sirach 7:19
Good News Translation
Don't miss your chance to marry a wise and good woman. A gracious wife is worth more than gold.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not dismiss a wise and good wife, for her charm is worth more than gold.

Contemporary English Version
If your wife is wise and good and gracious, she is more valuable than gold, so do not divorce her.

New American Bible
Do not reject a sensible wife; a gracious wife is more precious than pearls.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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

Sirach 7:18
Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.

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

Sirach 7:21
Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold.

Context
Sirach 7
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. 20Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold.…
Cross References
Sirach 7:17
Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly.

Sirach 7:18
Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.

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

Sirach 7:21
Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 7:18
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