Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation It isn't right for someone who is selfish to be rich. What use is money to a stingy person? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold? Sirach 14:1Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin. Sirach 14:2 Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope. Sirach 14:4 He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting. Sirach 14:5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods. Context Sirach 14…2Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope. 3Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold? 4He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting.… Cross References Sirach 14:1 Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin. Sirach 14:2 Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope. Sirach 14:4 He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting. Sirach 14:5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods. |
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