Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Wisdom that is not expressed is like a treasure that has been hidden--both are useless. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 20:28The manners of lying men are without honour: and their confusion is with them without ceasing. Sirach 20:29 A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones. Sirach 20:31 Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct. Sirach 20:32 O Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is not seen: what profit is there in them both? Context Sirach 20…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. 31Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct.… Cross References Sirach 20:28 The manners of lying men are without honour: and their confusion is with them without ceasing. Sirach 20:29 A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones. Sirach 20:31 Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct. Sirach 20:32 O Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is not seen: what profit is there in them both? |
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