Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't be jealous of what sinners achieve; just stick to your own work, and trust the Lord. It is very easy for the Lord to make a poor person suddenly rich. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments. Sirach 11:19In 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. Sirach 11:22 Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place, Sirach 11:23 For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich. Context Sirach 11…20And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die. 21Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments. 22Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place,… Cross References 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. Sirach 11:22 Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place, Sirach 11:23 For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich. |