Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Show the same love to wise servants that you would show to yourself, and let them have their freedom. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. Sirach 7:19Humble 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. Sirach 7:22 Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life. Sirach 7:23 Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy. Context Sirach 7…20Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold. 21Depart 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. 22Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life.… Cross References 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. Sirach 7:22 Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life. Sirach 7:23 Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy. |