Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you have sons, educate them. Teach them self-discipline while they are young. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy. 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. Sirach 7:22 Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life. Sirach 7:24 Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee. Sirach 7:25 Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood. Context Sirach 7…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. 24Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.… Cross References 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 7:22 Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life. Sirach 7:24 Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee. Sirach 7:25 Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood. |