Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation She will give you wisdom and knowledge like food and drink. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved. Sirach 15:1He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her, Sirach 15:2 And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin. Sirach 15:4 And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours. Sirach 15:5 And in the midst of the church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory. Context Sirach 15…2And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin. 3With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved. 4And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.… Cross References Sirach 15:1 He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her, Sirach 15:2 And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin. Sirach 15:4 And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours. Sirach 15:5 And in the midst of the church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory. |
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