Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you fast because of your sins, and then go out and commit the same sins over again, what have you gained by going without food? Who do you think is going to listen to your prayers? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour. Sirach 34:24He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father. Sirach 34:25 The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood. Sirach 34:27 He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are brothers. Sirach 34:28 When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour? Context Sirach 34…25The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood. 26He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour. 27He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are brothers.… Cross References Sirach 34:24 He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father. Sirach 34:25 The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood. Sirach 34:27 He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are brothers. Sirach 34:28 When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour? |
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