Sirach 11:17
Good News Translation
The Lord's gifts to religious people are gifts that endure. If he approves of you, you will always be successful.

New Revised Standard Version
The Lord’s gift remains with the devout, and his favor brings lasting success.

Contemporary English Version
But the Lord gives success to his faithful people and blesses them with gifts that last forever.

New American Bible
The Lord’s gift remains with the devout; his favor brings lasting success.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.

Sirach 11:15
Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him.

Sirach 11:16
Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.

Sirach 11:18
There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.

Sirach 11:19
In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone:

Context
Sirach 11
16Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil. 17The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever. 18There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.…
Cross References
Sirach 11:15
Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him.

Sirach 11:16
Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.

Sirach 11:18
There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.

Sirach 11:19
In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 11:16
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