Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Gifts and bribes make even the wise blind to the truth, and prevent them from being honest in their criticism. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones. Sirach 20:27A thief is better than a man that is always lying: but both of them shall inherit destruction. Sirach 20:28 The manners of lying men are without honour: and their confusion is with them without ceasing. Sirach 20:30 He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall be exalted: and he that pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity. Sirach 20:31 Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct. Context Sirach 20…28The manners of lying men are without honour: and their confusion is with them without ceasing. 29A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones. 30He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall be exalted: and he that pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity.… Cross References Sirach 20:27 A thief is better than a man that is always lying: but both of them shall inherit destruction. Sirach 20:28 The manners of lying men are without honour: and their confusion is with them without ceasing. Sirach 20:30 He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall be exalted: and he that pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity. Sirach 20:31 Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct. |
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