Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation People who hurt others will be hurt by their own actions and will have no idea why. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I have hated many things but not like him, and the Lord will hate him. Sirach 27:25He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off: Sirach 27:26 In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock. Sirach 27:28 If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful. Sirach 27:29 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it. Context Sirach 27…26In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock. 27I have hated many things but not like him, and the Lord will hate him. 28If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful.… Cross References Sirach 27:25 He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off: Sirach 27:26 In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock. Sirach 27:28 If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful. Sirach 27:29 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it. |
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