Sirach 10:22
Good News Translation
Rich people, famous people, and poor people all take pride in their fear of the Lord.

New Revised Standard Version
The rich, and the eminent, and the poor— their glory is the fear of the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
Fearing the Lord is something to be proud of-- whether you are poor, or rich and famous, a Jew, or a Gentile.

New American Bible
It is not right to despise anyone wise but poor, nor proper to honor the lawless.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Pride was not made for men: nor wrath for the race of women.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Pride was not made for men: nor wrath for the race of women.

Sirach 10:20
He hath made some of them to wither away, and hath destroyed them, and hath made the memory of them to cease from the earth.

Sirach 10:21
God hath abolished the memory of the proud, and hath preserved the memory of them that are humble in mind.

Sirach 10:23
That seed of men shall be honoured, which feareth God: but that seed shall be dishonoured, which transgresseth the commandments of the Lord.

Sirach 10:24
In the midst of brethren their chief is honourable: so shall they that fear the Lord, be in his eyes.

Context
Sirach 10
21God hath abolished the memory of the proud, and hath preserved the memory of them that are humble in mind. 22Pride was not made for men: nor wrath for the race of women. 23That seed of men shall be honoured, which feareth God: but that seed shall be dishonoured, which transgresseth the commandments of the Lord.…
Cross References
Sirach 10:20
He hath made some of them to wither away, and hath destroyed them, and hath made the memory of them to cease from the earth.

Sirach 10:21
God hath abolished the memory of the proud, and hath preserved the memory of them that are humble in mind.

Sirach 10:23
That seed of men shall be honoured, which feareth God: but that seed shall be dishonoured, which transgresseth the commandments of the Lord.

Sirach 10:24
In the midst of brethren their chief is honourable: so shall they that fear the Lord, be in his eyes.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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