Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation It's what is in your heart that makes the expression on your face happy or sad. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 13:23The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich. Sirach 13:24 And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor. Sirach 13:26 When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him. Sirach 13:27 The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place. Context Sirach 13…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. 26When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him.… Cross References Sirach 13:23 The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich. Sirach 13:24 And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor. Sirach 13:26 When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him. Sirach 13:27 The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place. |
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