Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you try to be honest, you can be, and it will improve your character as handsome clothing improves your appearance. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men. Sirach 27:6The furnace trieth the potter's vessels, and the trial of affliction just men. Sirach 27:7 As the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man. Sirach 27:9 If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation. Sirach 27:10 Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her. Context Sirach 27…7As the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man. 8Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men. 9If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation.… Cross References Sirach 27:6 The furnace trieth the potter's vessels, and the trial of affliction just men. Sirach 27:7 As the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man. Sirach 27:9 If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation. Sirach 27:10 Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her. |
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