Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation There is nothing wrong with being rich if you haven't sinned to get that way. But there is nothing sinful about being poor, either. Only the ungodly think so. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor. Sirach 13:22What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor? Sirach 13:23 The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich. Sirach 13:25 When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance. Sirach 13:26 When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him. Context Sirach 13…23The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich. 24And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor. 25When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.… Cross References Sirach 13:22 What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor? Sirach 13:23 The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich. Sirach 13:25 When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance. Sirach 13:26 When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him. |