Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You might forget yourself while in the company of important people and make a fool of yourself with some foul word that comes to you naturally. Think how your parents would feel! You would curse the day you were born and wish you were dead! New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And if he swear in vain, he shall not be justified: for his house shall be filled with his punishment. Sirach 23:12A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house. Sirach 23:13 And if he make it void, his sin shall be upon him, and if he dissemble it, he offendeth double: Sirach 23:15 There is also another speech opposite to death, let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob. Sirach 23:16 For from the merciful all these things shall be taken away, and they shall not wallow in sins. Context Sirach 23…13And if he make it void, his sin shall be upon him, and if he dissemble it, he offendeth double: 14And if he swear in vain, he shall not be justified: for his house shall be filled with his punishment. 15There is also another speech opposite to death, let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob.… Cross References Sirach 23:12 A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house. Sirach 23:13 And if he make it void, his sin shall be upon him, and if he dissemble it, he offendeth double: Sirach 23:15 There is also another speech opposite to death, let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob. Sirach 23:16 For from the merciful all these things shall be taken away, and they shall not wallow in sins. |