Treasury of Scripture Knowledge What good shall an offering do to an idol? for it can neither eat, nor smell: Sirach 30:17Better is death than a bitter life, and everlasting rest, than continual sickness. Sirach 30:18 Good things that are hidden in a mouth that is shut, are as messes of meat set about a grave. Sirach 30:20 So is he that is persecuted by the Lord, bearing the reward of his iniquity: Sirach 30:21 He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing. Context Sirach 30…18Good things that are hidden in a mouth that is shut, are as messes of meat set about a grave. 19What good shall an offering do to an idol? for it can neither eat, nor smell: 20So is he that is persecuted by the Lord, bearing the reward of his iniquity:… Cross References Sirach 30:17 Better is death than a bitter life, and everlasting rest, than continual sickness. Sirach 30:18 Good things that are hidden in a mouth that is shut, are as messes of meat set about a grave. Sirach 30:20 So is he that is persecuted by the Lord, bearing the reward of his iniquity: Sirach 30:21 He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing. |
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