Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation In the first place, she has broken the Law of the Most High. In the second place, she has wronged her husband. And in the third place, she has made a whore of herself by committing adultery and bearing the child of a man not her husband. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire. Sirach 23:21Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction. Sirach 23:22 A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing. Sirach 23:24 To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the end. Sirach 23:25 Every man that passeth beyond his own bed, despising his own soul, and saying: Who seeth me? Context Sirach 23…22A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing. 23And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire. 24To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the end.… Cross References Sirach 23:21 Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction. Sirach 23:22 A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing. Sirach 23:24 To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the end. Sirach 23:25 Every man that passeth beyond his own bed, despising his own soul, and saying: Who seeth me? |