Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation He will live with you as long as you have anything and will gladly drain you dry. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee. Sirach 13:3What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken. Sirach 13:4 The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace. Sirach 13:6 If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee. Sirach 13:7 If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou? Context Sirach 13…4The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace. 5If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee. 6If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.… Cross References Sirach 13:3 What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken. Sirach 13:4 The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace. Sirach 13:6 If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee. Sirach 13:7 If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou? |