Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't make yourself a beggar by borrowing for expensive banquets when you don't have enough money of your own. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Make not thyself poor by borrowing to contribute to feasts when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be an enemy to thy own life. Sirach 18:31If thou give to thy soul her desires, she will make thee a joy to thy enemies. Sirach 18:32 Take no pleasure in riotous assemblies, be they ever so small: for their concertation is continual. Sirach 19:1 A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little. Sirach 19:2 Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent: Context Sirach 18…32Take no pleasure in riotous assemblies, be they ever so small: for their concertation is continual. 33Make not thyself poor by borrowing to contribute to feasts when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be an enemy to thy own life. … Cross References Sirach 18:31 If thou give to thy soul her desires, she will make thee a joy to thy enemies. Sirach 18:32 Take no pleasure in riotous assemblies, be they ever so small: for their concertation is continual. Sirach 19:1 A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little. Sirach 19:2 Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent: |
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