Sirach 3:1
Good News Translation
Children, listen to me; I am your father. Do what I tell you and you will be safe,

New Revised Standard Version
Listen to me your father, O children; act accordingly, that you may be kept in safety.

Contemporary English Version
Students, I have been like a father to you, and you will be safe if you do what I say.

New American Bible
Children, listen to me, your father; act accordingly, that you may be safe.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of wisdom are the church of the just: and their generation, obedience and love.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The sons of wisdom are the church of the just: and their generation, obedience and love.

Sirach 2:22
Saying: If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men.

Sirach 2:23
For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him.

Sirach 3:2
Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved.

Sirach 3:3
For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.

Context
Sirach 3
1The sons of wisdom are the church of the just: and their generation, obedience and love. 2Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved.…
Cross References
Sirach 2:22
Saying: If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men.

Sirach 2:23
For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him.

Sirach 3:2
Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved.

Sirach 3:3
For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 2:23
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