Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation My child, listen and pay attention to me; you will gain knowledge if you do. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in thy heart. Sirach 16:22For many of his works are hidden, but the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end. Sirach 16:23 He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things, and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things. Sirach 16:25 And I will shew forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his works from the beginning, and I shew forth in truth his knowledge. Sirach 16:26 The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations. Context Sirach 16…23He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things, and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things. 24Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in thy heart. 25And I will shew forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his works from the beginning, and I shew forth in truth his knowledge.… Cross References Sirach 16:22 For many of his works are hidden, but the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end. Sirach 16:23 He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things, and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things. Sirach 16:25 And I will shew forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his works from the beginning, and I shew forth in truth his knowledge. Sirach 16:26 The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations. |
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