Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You will be repaid for any kindness you show to a devout person. If he doesn't repay you, the Most High will. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Do good to the just, and thou shalt find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord. Sirach 11:36Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of thy own. Sirach 12:1 If thou do good, know to whom thou dost it, and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds. Sirach 12:3 For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent. Sirach 12:4 Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance. Context Sirach 12…1If thou do good, know to whom thou dost it, and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds. 2Do good to the just, and thou shalt find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord. 3For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent.… Cross References Sirach 11:36 Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of thy own. Sirach 12:1 If thou do good, know to whom thou dost it, and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds. Sirach 12:3 For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent. Sirach 12:4 Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance. |
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