Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Slander leads to a miserable death; but in fact, you'd be better off dead. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones. Sirach 28:19The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labours. Sirach 28:20 He that hearkeneth to it, shall never have rest, neither shall he have a friend in whom he may repose. Sirach 28:22 Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have perished by their own tongue. Sirach 28:23 Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands. Context Sirach 28…20He that hearkeneth to it, shall never have rest, neither shall he have a friend in whom he may repose. 21The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones. 22Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have perished by their own tongue.… Cross References Sirach 28:19 The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labours. Sirach 28:20 He that hearkeneth to it, shall never have rest, neither shall he have a friend in whom he may repose. Sirach 28:22 Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have perished by their own tongue. Sirach 28:23 Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands. |
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