Sirach 23:19
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
His fear is confined to human eyes and he does not realize that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun; they look upon every aspect of human behavior and see into hidden corners.

Contemporary English Version
People like that are only afraid of being seen by others and forget that God's eyes shine ten thousand times brighter than the sun. He can see every hidden place in our lives.

New American Bible
fearing only human eyes. He does not realize that the eyes of the Lord, ten thousand times brighter than the sun, Observe every step taken and peer into hidden corners.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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 23:17
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.

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.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 23:18
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