Sirach 2:17
Good News Translation
Those who fear the Lord are always ready to serve him. They humble themselves before him, and say,

New Revised Standard Version
Those who fear the Lord prepare their hearts, and humble themselves before him.

Contemporary English Version
If you fear the Lord, you will prepare yourself to worship him with humility.

New American Bible
Those who fear the Lord prepare their hearts and humble themselves before him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine?

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And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine?

Sirach 2:15
Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him.

Sirach 2:16
Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways.

Sirach 2:18
They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way.

Sirach 2:19
They that fear the Lord, will seek after the things that are well pleasing to him: and they that love him, shall be filled with his law.

Context
Sirach 2
16Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways. 17And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine? 18They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way.…
Cross References
Sirach 2:15
Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him.

Sirach 2:16
Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways.

Sirach 2:18
They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way.

Sirach 2:19
They that fear the Lord, will seek after the things that are well pleasing to him: and they that love him, shall be filled with his law.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 2:16
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