Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation This man is only afraid of other people. He doesn't realize that the eyes of the Lord are 10,000 times brighter than the sun, that he sees everything we do, even when we try to hide it. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Lest God forget thee in their sight, and thou, by thy daily custom be infatuated and suffer reproach: and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy nativity. Sirach 23:17Let not thy mouth be accustomed to indiscreet speech: for therein is the word of sin. Sirach 23:18 Remember thy father and thy mother, for thou sittest in the midst of great men: Sirach 23:20 The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life. Sirach 23:21 Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction. Context Sirach 23…18Remember thy father and thy mother, for thou sittest in the midst of great men: 19Lest God forget thee in their sight, and thou, by thy daily custom be infatuated and suffer reproach: and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy nativity. 20The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life.… Cross References Sirach 23:17 Let not thy mouth be accustomed to indiscreet speech: for therein is the word of sin. Sirach 23:18 Remember thy father and thy mother, for thou sittest in the midst of great men: Sirach 23:20 The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life. Sirach 23:21 Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction. |