Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The Lord has overthrown empires and completely devastated their lands. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Therefore hath the Lord disgraced the assemblies of the wicked, and hath utterly destroyed them. Sirach 10:14The beginning of the pride of man, is to fall off from God: Sirach 10:15 Because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin: he that holdeth it, shall be filled with maledictions, and it shall ruin him in the end. Sirach 10:17 God hath overturned the thrones of proud princes, and hath set up the meek in their stead. Sirach 10:18 God hath made the roots of proud nations to wither, and hath planted the humble of these nations. Context Sirach 10…15Because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin: he that holdeth it, shall be filled with maledictions, and it shall ruin him in the end. 16Therefore hath the Lord disgraced the assemblies of the wicked, and hath utterly destroyed them. 17God hath overturned the thrones of proud princes, and hath set up the meek in their stead.… Cross References Sirach 10:14 The beginning of the pride of man, is to fall off from God: Sirach 10:15 Because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin: he that holdeth it, shall be filled with maledictions, and it shall ruin him in the end. Sirach 10:17 God hath overturned the thrones of proud princes, and hath set up the meek in their stead. Sirach 10:18 God hath made the roots of proud nations to wither, and hath planted the humble of these nations. |
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