Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation For instance, here is someone who never stops working like a slave, but gets further behind all the time. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge There is an ungodly man that laboureth, and maketh haste, and is in sorrow, and is so much the more in want. Sirach 11:9Strive not in a matter which doth not concern thee, and sit not in judgment with sinners. Sirach 11:10 My son, meddle not with many matters: and if thou be rich, thou shalt not be free from sin: for if thou pursue after thou shalt not overtake; and if thou run before thou shalt not escape. Sirach 11:12 Again, there is an inactive man that wanteth help, is very weak in ability, and full of poverty: Sirach 11:13 Yet the eye of God hath looked upon him for good, and hath lifted him up from his low estate, and hath exalted his head: and many have wondered at him, and have glorified God. Context Sirach 11…10My son, meddle not with many matters: and if thou be rich, thou shalt not be free from sin: for if thou pursue after thou shalt not overtake; and if thou run before thou shalt not escape. 11There is an ungodly man that laboureth, and maketh haste, and is in sorrow, and is so much the more in want. 12Again, there is an inactive man that wanteth help, is very weak in ability, and full of poverty:… Cross References Sirach 11:9 Strive not in a matter which doth not concern thee, and sit not in judgment with sinners. Sirach 11:10 My son, meddle not with many matters: and if thou be rich, thou shalt not be free from sin: for if thou pursue after thou shalt not overtake; and if thou run before thou shalt not escape. Sirach 11:12 Again, there is an inactive man that wanteth help, is very weak in ability, and full of poverty: Sirach 11:13 Yet the eye of God hath looked upon him for good, and hath lifted him up from his low estate, and hath exalted his head: and many have wondered at him, and have glorified God. |
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