Sirach 19:26
Good News Translation
Then there are those wicked people who go about looking very solemn and mournful, but who are only trying to deceive you.

New Revised Standard Version
There is the villain bowed down in mourning, but inwardly he is full of deceit.

Contemporary English Version
Some dishonest people act like they are mourning,

New American Bible
There is the villain bowed in grief, but full of deceit within.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A man is known by his look, and a wise man, when thou meetest him, is known by his countenance.

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A man is known by his look, and a wise man, when thou meetest him, is known by his countenance.

Sirach 19:24
And there is one that submitteth himself exceedingly with a great lowliness: and there is one that casteth down his countenance, and maketh as if he did not see that which is unknown:

Sirach 19:25
And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it.

Sirach 19:27
The attire of the body, and the laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shew what he is.

Sirach 19:28
There is a lying rebuke in the anger of an injurious man: and there is a judgment that is not allowed to be good: and there is one that holdeth his peace, he is wise.

Context
Sirach 19
25And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it. 26A man is known by his look, and a wise man, when thou meetest him, is known by his countenance. 27The attire of the body, and the laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shew what he is.…
Cross References
Sirach 19:24
And there is one that submitteth himself exceedingly with a great lowliness: and there is one that casteth down his countenance, and maketh as if he did not see that which is unknown:

Sirach 19:25
And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it.

Sirach 19:27
The attire of the body, and the laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shew what he is.

Sirach 19:28
There is a lying rebuke in the anger of an injurious man: and there is a judgment that is not allowed to be good: and there is one that holdeth his peace, he is wise.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 19:25
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