Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Come to the Lord, and leave your sin behind. Pray sincerely that he will help you live a better life. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Go to the side of the holy age, with them that live and give praise to God. Sirach 17:23Return to the Lord, and turn away from thy injustice, and greatly hate abomination. Sirach 17:24 And know the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the lot set before thee, and in prayer to the most high God. Sirach 17:26 Tarry not in the error of the ungodly, give glory before death. Praise perisheth from the dead as nothing. Sirach 17:27 Give thanks whilst thou art living, whilst thou art alive and in health thou shalt give thanks, and shalt praise God, and shalt glory in his mercies. Context Sirach 17…24And know the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the lot set before thee, and in prayer to the most high God. 25Go to the side of the holy age, with them that live and give praise to God. 26Tarry not in the error of the ungodly, give glory before death. Praise perisheth from the dead as nothing.… Cross References Sirach 17:23 Return to the Lord, and turn away from thy injustice, and greatly hate abomination. Sirach 17:24 And know the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the lot set before thee, and in prayer to the most high God. Sirach 17:26 Tarry not in the error of the ungodly, give glory before death. Praise perisheth from the dead as nothing. Sirach 17:27 Give thanks whilst thou art living, whilst thou art alive and in health thou shalt give thanks, and shalt praise God, and shalt glory in his mercies. |
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