Sirach 13:20
Good News Translation
Arrogant people have nothing but scorn for the humble, and the rich think of the poor in the same way.

New Revised Standard Version
Humility is an abomination to the proud; likewise the poor are an abomination to the rich.

Contemporary English Version
The rich and proud consider the poor and humble to be disgusting.

New American Bible
Humility is an abomination to the proud; and the poor are an abomination to the rich.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.

Sirach 13:18
Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.

Sirach 13:19
Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.

Sirach 13:21
If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.

Sirach 13:22
What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor?

Context
Sirach 13
19Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself. 20All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like. 21If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.…
Cross References
Sirach 13:18
Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.

Sirach 13:19
Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.

Sirach 13:21
If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.

Sirach 13:22
What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor?



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 13:19
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