Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When such a person does something good, it is only by accident; his selfishness will sooner or later be evident. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness. Sirach 14:5He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods. Sirach 14:6 There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness: Sirach 14:8 The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul. Sirach 14:9 The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up. Context Sirach 14…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. 8The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.… Cross References 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 14:6 There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness: Sirach 14:8 The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul. Sirach 14:9 The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up. |
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