Sirach 25:2
Good News Translation
There are three kinds of people I cannot stand, whose behavior I find highly offensive: poor people who are arrogant, rich people who lie, and foolish old men who commit adultery.

New Revised Standard Version
I hate three kinds of people, and I loathe their manner of life: a pauper who boasts, a rich person who lies, and an old fool who commits adultery.

Contemporary English Version
But I hate three kinds of people and the way they live: the poor that brag, the rich that tell lies, and the old that are foolish and unfaithful in marriage.

New American Bible
Three kinds of people I hate, and I loathe their manner of life: A proud pauper, a rich liar, and a lecherous old fool.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together.

Sirach 24:47
See ye that I have not laboured myself only, but for all that seek out the truth.

Sirach 25:1
With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men:

Sirach 25:3
Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life:

Sirach 25:4
A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.

Context
Sirach 25
1With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men: 2The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together. 3Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life:…
Cross References
Sirach 24:47
See ye that I have not laboured myself only, but for all that seek out the truth.

Sirach 25:1
With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men:

Sirach 25:3
Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life:

Sirach 25:4
A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 25:1
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