Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Any time he hears a secret, it's like an arrow stuck in his leg. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool. Sirach 19:10Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not burst thee. Sirach 19:11 At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning in the bringing forth a child. Sirach 19:13 Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more. Sirach 19:14 Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again. Context Sirach 19…11At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning in the bringing forth a child. 12As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool. 13Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more.… Cross References Sirach 19:10 Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not burst thee. Sirach 19:11 At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning in the bringing forth a child. Sirach 19:13 Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more. Sirach 19:14 Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again. |
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