Sirach 31:15
Good News Translation
Be considerate of the other people at the table and treat them the way you want to be treated.

New Revised Standard Version
Judge your neighbor’s feelings by your own, and in every matter be thoughtful.

Contemporary English Version
Be thoughtful of others-- they have feelings too.

New American Bible
Toward what he looks at, do not put out a hand; nor reach for the same dish when he does.

Douay-Rheims Bible
What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see.

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

Sirach 31:14
Remember that a wicked eye is evil.

Sirach 31:16
Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion.

Sirach 31:17
Be not hasty in a feast.

Context
Sirach 31
14Remember that a wicked eye is evil. 15What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see. 16Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion.…
Cross References
Sirach 31:13
Say not: There are many things which are upon it.

Sirach 31:14
Remember that a wicked eye is evil.

Sirach 31:16
Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion.

Sirach 31:17
Be not hasty in a feast.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 31:14
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