Sirach 3:31
Good News Translation
Anyone who responds to others with acts of kindness is thinking of the future, because he will find help if he ever falls on hard times.

Contemporary English Version
If you think that in the future you might ever need help, then repay other people now when they do favors for you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The heart of the wise is understood in wisdom, and a good ear will hear wisdom with all desire.

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The heart of the wise is understood in wisdom, and a good ear will hear wisdom with all desire.

Sirach 3:29
A wicked heart shall be laden with sorrows, and the sinner will add sin to sin.

Sirach 3:30
The congregation of the proud shall not be healed: for the plant of wickedness shall take root in them, and it shall not be perceived.

Sirach 3:32
A wise heart, and which hath understanding, will abstain from sins, and in the works of justice shall have success.

Sirach 3:33
Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth sins:

Context
Sirach 3
30The congregation of the proud shall not be healed: for the plant of wickedness shall take root in them, and it shall not be perceived. 31The heart of the wise is understood in wisdom, and a good ear will hear wisdom with all desire. 32A wise heart, and which hath understanding, will abstain from sins, and in the works of justice shall have success.…
Cross References
Sirach 3:29
A wicked heart shall be laden with sorrows, and the sinner will add sin to sin.

Sirach 3:30
The congregation of the proud shall not be healed: for the plant of wickedness shall take root in them, and it shall not be perceived.

Sirach 3:32
A wise heart, and which hath understanding, will abstain from sins, and in the works of justice shall have success.

Sirach 3:33
Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth sins:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 3:30
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