Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version When one builds and another tears down, what do they gain but hard work? Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour? Sirach 34:26He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour. Sirach 34:27 He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are brothers. Sirach 34:29 When one prayeth, and another curseth: whose voice will God hear? Sirach 34:30 He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail? Context Sirach 34…27He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are brothers. 28When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour? 29When one prayeth, and another curseth: whose voice will God hear?… Cross References Sirach 34:26 He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour. Sirach 34:27 He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are brothers. Sirach 34:29 When one prayeth, and another curseth: whose voice will God hear? Sirach 34:30 He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail? |
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