Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The Lord can easily wait until the day of our death to reward or punish us. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this? Sirach 11:24The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit. Sirach 11:25 Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this? Sirach 11:27 In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things: Sirach 11:28 For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways. Context Sirach 11…25Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this? 26Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this? 27In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things:… Cross References Sirach 11:24 The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit. Sirach 11:25 Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this? Sirach 11:27 In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things: Sirach 11:28 For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways. |