Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation A slave who is constantly beaten will never be free of bruises; someone who is always taking an oath by the Holy Name will never be free of sin. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And let not the naming of God be usual in thy mouth, and meddle not with the names of saints, for thou shalt not escape free from them. Sirach 23:8A sinner is caught in his own vanity, and the proud and the evil speakers shall fall thereby. Sirach 23:9 Let not thy mouth be accustomed to swearing: for in it there are many falls. Sirach 23:11 For as a slave daily put to the question, is never without a blue mark: so every one that sweareth, and nameth, shall not be wholly pure from sin. Sirach 23:12 A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house. Context Sirach 23…9Let not thy mouth be accustomed to swearing: for in it there are many falls. 10And let not the naming of God be usual in thy mouth, and meddle not with the names of saints, for thou shalt not escape free from them. 11For as a slave daily put to the question, is never without a blue mark: so every one that sweareth, and nameth, shall not be wholly pure from sin.… Cross References Sirach 23:8 A sinner is caught in his own vanity, and the proud and the evil speakers shall fall thereby. Sirach 23:9 Let not thy mouth be accustomed to swearing: for in it there are many falls. Sirach 23:11 For as a slave daily put to the question, is never without a blue mark: so every one that sweareth, and nameth, shall not be wholly pure from sin. Sirach 23:12 A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house. |