Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When someone starts winking at you, he has something bad in mind, and nothing can stop him from going through with it. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare because his soul is wounded. Sirach 27:20For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour. Sirach 27:21 And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again. Sirach 27:23 Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation: Sirach 27:24 But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul. Context Sirach 27…21And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again. 22Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare because his soul is wounded. 23Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation:… Cross References Sirach 27:20 For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour. Sirach 27:21 And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again. Sirach 27:23 Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation: Sirach 27:24 But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul. |
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