Sirach 14:6
Good News Translation
No one is worse off than someone who is stingy with himself; it is a sin that brings its own punishment.

New Revised Standard Version
No one is worse than one who is grudging to himself; this is the punishment for his meanness.

Contemporary English Version
They spend nothing, and punish themselves with the greatest misery. *

New American Bible
None are worse than those who are stingy with themselves; they punish their own avarice.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness:

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.

Sirach 14:7
And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness.

Sirach 14:8
The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.

Context
Sirach 14
5He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods. 6There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness: 7And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness.…
Cross References
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.

Sirach 14:7
And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness.

Sirach 14:8
The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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