Sirach 31:29
Good News Translation
but if you drink when you are angry and upset, it leads to headaches, embarrassment, and disgrace.

New Revised Standard Version
Wine drunk to excess leads to bitterness of spirit, to quarrels and stumbling.

Contemporary English Version
But drinking too much wine leads us to hate others and to take revenge.

New American Bible
Headache, bitterness, and disgrace is wine drunk amid anger and strife.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the city will murmur, and the testimony of his niggardliness is true.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the city will murmur, and the testimony of his niggardliness is true.

Sirach 31:27
In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee.

Sirach 31:28
The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal of his bread, and the testimony of his truth is faithful.

Sirach 31:30
Challenge not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many.

Sirach 31:31
Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the proud.

Context
Sirach 31
28The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal of his bread, and the testimony of his truth is faithful. 29Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the city will murmur, and the testimony of his niggardliness is true. 30Challenge not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many.…
Cross References
Sirach 31:27
In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee.

Sirach 31:28
The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal of his bread, and the testimony of his truth is faithful.

Sirach 31:30
Challenge not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many.

Sirach 31:31
Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the proud.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 31:28
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