Sirach 31:11
Good News Translation
If so, he deserves his wealth, and everyone will praise him for his generosity.

New Revised Standard Version
His prosperity will be established, and the assembly will proclaim his acts of charity.

Contemporary English Version
The community will honor them for the kind things they do, and their wealth will grow.

New American Bible
So his good fortune is secure, and the assembly will recount his praises.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms.

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Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms.

Sirach 31:9
Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life.

Sirach 31:10
Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting. He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them:

Sirach 31:12
Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it.

Sirach 31:13
Say not: There are many things which are upon it.

Context
Sirach 31
10Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting. He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them: 11Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms. 12Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it.…
Cross References
Sirach 31:9
Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life.

Sirach 31:10
Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting. He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them:

Sirach 31:12
Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it.

Sirach 31:13
Say not: There are many things which are upon it.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 31:10
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