Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Your own honor comes from the respect that you show to your father. If children do not honor their mothers, it is their own disgrace. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The father's blessing establisheth the houses of the children: but the mother's curse rooteth up the foundation. Sirach 3:9Honour thy father, in work and word, and all patience, Sirach 3:10 That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end. Sirach 3:12 Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his shame is no glory to thee. Sirach 3:13 For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son. Context Sirach 3…10That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end. 11The father's blessing establisheth the houses of the children: but the mother's curse rooteth up the foundation. 12Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his shame is no glory to thee.… Cross References Sirach 3:9 Honour thy father, in work and word, and all patience, Sirach 3:10 That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end. Sirach 3:12 Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his shame is no glory to thee. Sirach 3:13 For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son. |