Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation He will make good appear evil and find fault with the noblest actions. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Bring not every man into thy house: for many are the snares of the deceitful. Sirach 11:29The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works. Sirach 11:30 Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children. Sirach 11:32 For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall of his neighbour. Sirach 11:33 For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot. Context Sirach 11…30Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children. 31Bring not every man into thy house: for many are the snares of the deceitful. 32For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall of his neighbour.… Cross References Sirach 11:29 The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works. Sirach 11:30 Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children. Sirach 11:32 For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall of his neighbour. Sirach 11:33 For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot. |
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