Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Lying is an ugly blot on a person's character, but ignorant people do it all the time. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge There is that will destroy his own soul through shamefacedness, and by occasion of an unwise person he will destroy it: and by respect of person he will destroy himself. Sirach 20:22A parable coming out of a fool's mouth shall be rejected: for he doth not speak it in due season. Sirach 20:23 There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked. Sirach 20:25 There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing. Sirach 20:26 A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet it will be continually in the mouth of men without discipline. Context Sirach 20…23There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked. 24There is that will destroy his own soul through shamefacedness, and by occasion of an unwise person he will destroy it: and by respect of person he will destroy himself. 25There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.… Cross References Sirach 20:22 A parable coming out of a fool's mouth shall be rejected: for he doth not speak it in due season. Sirach 20:23 There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked. Sirach 20:25 There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing. Sirach 20:26 A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet it will be continually in the mouth of men without discipline. |
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