Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you are wise, you will believe in the Law; you will find it as reliable as the sacred lots. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him. Sirach 33:1No evils shall happen to him that feareth the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him and deliver him from evils. Sirach 33:2 A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm. 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. Sirach 33:5 The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree. Context Sirach 33…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. 4He 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.… Cross References 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 33:2 A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm. 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. Sirach 33:5 The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree. |