Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation I would rather live in the same house with a lion or a dragon than with a bad wife. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it. Sirach 25:14The fear of God hath set itself above all things: Sirach 25:15 Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened? Sirach 25:17 The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil. Sirach 25:18 And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart: Context Sirach 25…15Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened? 16The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it. 17The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.… Cross References Sirach 25:14 The fear of God hath set itself above all things: Sirach 25:15 Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened? Sirach 25:17 The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil. Sirach 25:18 And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart: |
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