Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation That sinful man will be caught when he least expects it, and punished publicly. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction. Sirach 23:19Lest 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. Sirach 23:20 The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life. Sirach 23:22 A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing. Sirach 23:23 And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire. Context Sirach 23…20The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life. 21Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction. 22A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing.… Cross References Sirach 23:19 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 23:20 The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life. Sirach 23:22 A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing. Sirach 23:23 And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire. |