Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Laugh with him now, and one day you will have to cry over him, grinding your teeth in regret. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set on edge. Sirach 30:8A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong. Sirach 30:9 Give thy son his way, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he shall make thee sorrowful. Sirach 30:11 Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices. Sirach 30:12 Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of heart to thee. Context Sirach 30…9Give thy son his way, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he shall make thee sorrowful. 10Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set on edge. 11Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices.… Cross References Sirach 30:8 A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong. Sirach 30:9 Give thy son his way, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he shall make thee sorrowful. Sirach 30:11 Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices. Sirach 30:12 Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of heart to thee. |
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