Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms. Sirach 7:17Number 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. |