Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Nobody feels sorry for snake charmers or wild animal tamers who get bitten, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins. Sirach 12:11Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him. Sirach 12:12 Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. Sirach 12:14 For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it. Sirach 12:15 An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit. Context Sirach 12…12Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. 13Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins. 14For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.… Cross References Sirach 12:11 Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him. Sirach 12:12 Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. Sirach 12:14 For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it. Sirach 12:15 An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit. |