Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When poor people pray, God hears them and quickly answers their prayers. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Injuries and wrongs will waste riches: and the house that is very rich shall be brought to nothing by pride: so the substance of the proud shall be rooted out. Sirach 21:3The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men. Sirach 21:4 All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof. Sirach 21:6 The prayer out of the mouth of the poor shall reach the ears of God, and judgment shall come for him speedily. Sirach 21:7 He that hateth to be reproved walketh in the trace of a sinner: and he that feareth God will turn to his own heart. Context Sirach 21…4All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof. 5Injuries and wrongs will waste riches: and the house that is very rich shall be brought to nothing by pride: so the substance of the proud shall be rooted out. 6The prayer out of the mouth of the poor shall reach the ears of God, and judgment shall come for him speedily.… Cross References Sirach 21:3 The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men. Sirach 21:4 All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof. Sirach 21:6 The prayer out of the mouth of the poor shall reach the ears of God, and judgment shall come for him speedily. Sirach 21:7 He that hateth to be reproved walketh in the trace of a sinner: and he that feareth God will turn to his own heart. |