Sirach 31:8
Good News Translation
A person who gets rich without sinfully chasing after money is fortunate.

New Revised Standard Version
Blessed is the rich person who is found blameless, and who does not go after gold.

Contemporary English Version
God will bless those rich people who do only what is right and don't try to get richer.

New American Bible
Happy the rich person found without fault, who does not turn aside after wealth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.

Sirach 31:6
Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.

Sirach 31:7
Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it.

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:

Context
Sirach 31
7Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it. 8Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures. 9Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life.…
Cross References
Sirach 31:6
Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.

Sirach 31:7
Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it.

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:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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