Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Fear the Lord and keep his Law; that is what Wisdom is all about. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge There is a subtle wickedness, and the same is detestable: and there is a man that is foolish, wanting in wisdom. Sirach 19:18And give place to the fear of the most High: for the fear of God is all wisdom, and therein is to fear God, and the disposition of the law is in all wisdom. Sirach 19:19 But the learning of wickedness is not wisdom: and the device of sinners is not prudence. Sirach 19:21 Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and wanteth understanding, with the fear of God, than he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgresseth the law of the most High. Sirach 19:22 There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust. Context Sirach 19…19But the learning of wickedness is not wisdom: and the device of sinners is not prudence. 20There is a subtle wickedness, and the same is detestable: and there is a man that is foolish, wanting in wisdom. 21Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and wanteth understanding, with the fear of God, than he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgresseth the law of the most High.… Cross References Sirach 19:18 And give place to the fear of the most High: for the fear of God is all wisdom, and therein is to fear God, and the disposition of the law is in all wisdom. Sirach 19:19 But the learning of wickedness is not wisdom: and the device of sinners is not prudence. Sirach 19:21 Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and wanteth understanding, with the fear of God, than he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgresseth the law of the most High. Sirach 19:22 There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust. |
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