Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation And he's right--he's a constant joke to everyone. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds. Sirach 20:15He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire. Sirach 20:16 To day a man lendeth, and to morrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful. Sirach 20:18 For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn! Sirach 20:19 For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had. Context Sirach 20…16To day a man lendeth, and to morrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful. 17A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds. 18For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!… Cross References Sirach 20:15 He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire. Sirach 20:16 To day a man lendeth, and to morrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful. Sirach 20:18 For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn! Sirach 20:19 For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had. |
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