Sirach 28:2
Good News Translation
But if you forgive someone who has wronged you, your sins will be forgiven when you pray.

New Revised Standard Version
Forgive your neighbor the wrong he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.

Contemporary English Version
So forgive those who harm you, and when you pray, God will forgive you.

New American Bible
Forgive your neighbor the wrong done to you; then when you pray, your own sins will be forgiven.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Forgive thy neighbour if he hath hurt thee: and then shall thy sins be forgiven to thee when thou prayest.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Forgive thy neighbour if he hath hurt thee: and then shall thy sins be forgiven to thee when thou prayest.

Sirach 27:33
Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them.

Sirach 28:1
He that seeketh to revenge himself, shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance.

Sirach 28:3
Man to man reserveth anger, and doth he seek remedy of God?

Sirach 28:4
He hath no mercy on a man like himself, and doth he entreat for his own sins?

Context
Sirach 28
1He that seeketh to revenge himself, shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance. 2Forgive thy neighbour if he hath hurt thee: and then shall thy sins be forgiven to thee when thou prayest. 3Man to man reserveth anger, and doth he seek remedy of God?…
Cross References
Sirach 27:33
Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them.

Sirach 28:1
He that seeketh to revenge himself, shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance.

Sirach 28:3
Man to man reserveth anger, and doth he seek remedy of God?

Sirach 28:4
He hath no mercy on a man like himself, and doth he entreat for his own sins?



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Sirach 28:1
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