Sirach 11:1
Good News Translation
If a poor person is wise, he has good reason to be proud, and he will be thought of as someone great.

New Revised Standard Version
The wisdom of the humble lifts their heads high, and seats them among the great.

Contemporary English Version
Those in power always make room for someone wise and humble.

New American Bible
The wisdom of the poor lifts their head high and sets them among princes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men.

Sirach 10:33
The poor man is glorified by his discipline and fear, and there is a man that is honoured for his wealth.

Sirach 10:34
But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in wealth? and he that is glorified in wealth, let him fear poverty.

Sirach 11:2
Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look.

Sirach 11:3
The bee is small among flying things but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness.

Context
Sirach 11
1The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men. 2Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look.…
Cross References
Sirach 10:33
The poor man is glorified by his discipline and fear, and there is a man that is honoured for his wealth.

Sirach 10:34
But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in wealth? and he that is glorified in wealth, let him fear poverty.

Sirach 11:2
Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look.

Sirach 11:3
The bee is small among flying things but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 10:34
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