Sirach 29:15
Good News Translation
If someone does this favor for you, don't forget it; he has risked his good name for you.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not forget the kindness of your guarantor, for he has given his life for you.

Contemporary English Version
And remember--if friends have helped you this way, they have risked all they own to be kind *

New American Bible
Do not forget the kindness of your backer, for he has given his very life for you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil.

Sirach 29:13
Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.

Sirach 29:14
Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.

Sirach 29:16
Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear:

Sirach 29:17
It shall fight for thee against thy enemy.

Context
Sirach 29
14Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold. 15Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil. 16Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear:…
Cross References
Sirach 29:13
Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.

Sirach 29:14
Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.

Sirach 29:16
Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear:

Sirach 29:17
It shall fight for thee against thy enemy.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 29:14
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