Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Someone may grow rich by working hard and denying himself pleasure, but what does he get for it? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward. Sirach 11:16Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil. Sirach 11:17 The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever. Sirach 11:19 In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone: Sirach 11:20 And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die. Context Sirach 11…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. 19In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone:… Cross References Sirach 11:16 Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil. Sirach 11:17 The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever. Sirach 11:19 In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone: Sirach 11:20 And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die. |