Sirach 3:17
Good News Translation
My child, be humble in everything you do, and people will appreciate it more than gifts.

New Revised Standard Version
My child, perform your tasks with humility; then you will be loved by those whom God accepts.

Contemporary English Version
Students, be humble in your work, and you will be loved by God's people.

New American Bible
My son, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sins shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sins shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather.

Sirach 3:15
And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of the father shall not be forgotten.

Sirach 3:16
For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy mother.

Sirach 3:18
Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his father: and he is cursed of God that angereth his mother.

Sirach 3:19
My son, do thy works in meekness, and thou shalt be beloved above the glory of men.

Context
Sirach 3
16For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy mother. 17And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sins shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather. 18Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his father: and he is cursed of God that angereth his mother.…
Cross References
Sirach 3:15
And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of the father shall not be forgotten.

Sirach 3:16
For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy mother.

Sirach 3:18
Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his father: and he is cursed of God that angereth his mother.

Sirach 3:19
My son, do thy works in meekness, and thou shalt be beloved above the glory of men.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 3:16
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