Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation A person who has no use for the Law doesn't have good sense, and anyone who is insincere about it is going to be tossed about like a boat in a storm. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm. Sirach 32:28He that believeth God, taketh heed to the commandments: and he that trusteth in him, shall fare never the worse. Sirach 33:1 No evils shall happen to him that feareth the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him and deliver him from evils. Sirach 33:3 A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him. Sirach 33:4 He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep discipline, and then he shall answer. Context Sirach 33…1No evils shall happen to him that feareth the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him and deliver him from evils. 2A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm. 3A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him.… Cross References Sirach 32:28 He that believeth God, taketh heed to the commandments: and he that trusteth in him, shall fare never the worse. Sirach 33:1 No evils shall happen to him that feareth the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him and deliver him from evils. Sirach 33:3 A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him. Sirach 33:4 He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep discipline, and then he shall answer. |