Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation My child, keep your self-respect, but remain modest. Value yourself at your true worth. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge They that are free shall serve a servant that is wise: and a man that is prudent and well instructed will not murmur when he is reproved; and he that is ignorant, shall not be honoured. Sirach 10:26Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich. Sirach 10:27 The great man, and the judge, and the mighty is in honour: and there is none greater than he that feareth God. Sirach 10:29 Extol not thyself in doing thy work, and linger not in the time of distress; Sirach 10:30 Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread. Context Sirach 10…27The great man, and the judge, and the mighty is in honour: and there is none greater than he that feareth God. 28They that are free shall serve a servant that is wise: and a man that is prudent and well instructed will not murmur when he is reproved; and he that is ignorant, shall not be honoured. 29Extol not thyself in doing thy work, and linger not in the time of distress;… Cross References Sirach 10:26 Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich. Sirach 10:27 The great man, and the judge, and the mighty is in honour: and there is none greater than he that feareth God. Sirach 10:29 Extol not thyself in doing thy work, and linger not in the time of distress; Sirach 10:30 Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread. |