Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Take good care of any animals you own. If they make money for you, keep them. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life. Sirach 7:20Do 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. Sirach 7:23 Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy. Sirach 7:24 Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee. Context Sirach 7…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. 23Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy.… Cross References 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. Sirach 7:23 Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy. Sirach 7:24 Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee. |