Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The assembly will be eager to hear from an intelligent person and will take his opinion seriously. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The heart of a fool is like a broken vessel, and no wisdom at all shall it hold. Sirach 21:15But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in evil: and there is no understanding where there is bitterness. Sirach 21:16 The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood, and his counsel continueth like a fountain of life. Sirach 21:18 A man of sense will praise every wise word he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxurious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him, and he will cast it behind his back. Sirach 21:19 The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found. Context Sirach 21…16The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood, and his counsel continueth like a fountain of life. 17The heart of a fool is like a broken vessel, and no wisdom at all shall it hold. 18A man of sense will praise every wise word he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxurious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him, and he will cast it behind his back.… Cross References Sirach 21:15 But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in evil: and there is no understanding where there is bitterness. Sirach 21:16 The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood, and his counsel continueth like a fountain of life. Sirach 21:18 A man of sense will praise every wise word he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxurious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him, and he will cast it behind his back. Sirach 21:19 The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found. |
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