Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation even your friends will leave you then. But when you are successful, your enemies will act like friends. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity. Sirach 12:7For thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done to him: for the Highest also hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly. Sirach 12:8 A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity. Sirach 12:10 Never trust thy enemy for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth: Sirach 12:11 Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him. Context Sirach 12…8A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity. 9In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity. 10Never trust thy enemy for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth:… Cross References Sirach 12:7 For thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done to him: for the Highest also hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly. Sirach 12:8 A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity. Sirach 12:10 Never trust thy enemy for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth: Sirach 12:11 Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him. |