Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you bring a stranger home with you, it will only cause trouble, even between you and your own family. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one deceitful man much blood: and a sinful man lieth in wait for blood. Sirach 11:32For 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. Sirach 11:33 For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot. Sirach 11:35 Take heed to thyself of a mischievous man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring upon thee reproach for ever. Sirach 11:36 Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of thy own. Context Sirach 11…33For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot. 34Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one deceitful man much blood: and a sinful man lieth in wait for blood. 35Take heed to thyself of a mischievous man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring upon thee reproach for ever.… Cross References 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. Sirach 11:35 Take heed to thyself of a mischievous man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring upon thee reproach for ever. Sirach 11:36 Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of thy own. |