Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation "Stranger! Come here and set the table! I want to eat what you've got there! Give it here! New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not. Sirach 29:24It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries. Sirach 29:25 A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment. Sirach 29:27 The chief thing for man's life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame. Sirach 29:28 Better is the poor man's fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man's house. Context Sirach 29…25A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment. 26Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not. 27The chief thing for man's life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.… Cross References Sirach 29:24 It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries. Sirach 29:25 A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment. Sirach 29:27 The chief thing for man's life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame. Sirach 29:28 Better is the poor man's fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man's house. |
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