Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation It is better to be poor and live under your own crude roof than to enjoy lavish banquets in other people's homes. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A man is surety for his neighbour: and when he hath lost all shame, he shall forsake him. Sirach 29:20The sinner and the unclean fleeth from his surety. Sirach 29:21 A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of his surety: and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him that delivered him. Sirach 29:23 Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea. Sirach 29:24 It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries. Context Sirach 29…21A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of his surety: and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him that delivered him. 22A man is surety for his neighbour: and when he hath lost all shame, he shall forsake him. 23Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea.… Cross References Sirach 29:20 The sinner and the unclean fleeth from his surety. Sirach 29:21 A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of his surety: and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him that delivered him. Sirach 29:23 Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea. Sirach 29:24 It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries. |
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