Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Fumes and smoke appear before the flames do; insults come before violence. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He that pricketh the eye, bringeth out tears: and he that pricketh the heart, bringeth forth resentment. Sirach 22:22So also a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool shall not resist against the violence of fear. Sirach 22:23 As a fearful heart in the thought of a fool at all times will not fear, so neither shall he that continueth always in the commandments of God. Sirach 22:25 He that flingeth a stone at birds, shall drive them away: so he that upbraideth his friend, breaketh friendship. Sirach 22:26 Although thou hast drawn a sword at a friend, despair not: for there may be a returning. To a friend, Context Sirach 22…23As a fearful heart in the thought of a fool at all times will not fear, so neither shall he that continueth always in the commandments of God. 24He that pricketh the eye, bringeth out tears: and he that pricketh the heart, bringeth forth resentment. 25He that flingeth a stone at birds, shall drive them away: so he that upbraideth his friend, breaketh friendship.… Cross References Sirach 22:22 So also a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool shall not resist against the violence of fear. Sirach 22:23 As a fearful heart in the thought of a fool at all times will not fear, so neither shall he that continueth always in the commandments of God. Sirach 22:25 He that flingeth a stone at birds, shall drive them away: so he that upbraideth his friend, breaketh friendship. Sirach 22:26 Although thou hast drawn a sword at a friend, despair not: for there may be a returning. To a friend, |
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