Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you pamper your child and play with him, he will be a disappointment and a source of grief. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Give thy son his way, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he shall make thee sorrowful. Sirach 30:7For the souls of his sons he shall bind up his wounds, and at every cry his bowels shall be troubled. Sirach 30:8 A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong. Sirach 30:10 Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set on edge. Sirach 30:11 Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices. Context Sirach 30…8A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong. 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.… Cross References Sirach 30:7 For the souls of his sons he shall bind up his wounds, and at every cry his bowels shall be troubled. Sirach 30:8 A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong. Sirach 30:10 Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set on edge. Sirach 30:11 Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices. |
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