Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Keeping the Law is worth many offerings; it is a fellowship offering in itself. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He that keepeth the law, multiplieth offerings. Sirach 34:30He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail? Sirach 34:31 So a man that fasteth for his sins, and doth the same again, what doth his humbling himself profit him? who will hear his prayer? Sirach 35:2 It is a wholesome sacrifice to take heed to the commandments, and to depart from all iniquity. Sirach 35:3 And to depart from injustice, is to offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injustices, and a begging of pardon for sins. Context Sirach 35… 1He that keepeth the law, multiplieth offerings. 2It is a wholesome sacrifice to take heed to the commandments, and to depart from all iniquity.… Cross References Sirach 34:30 He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail? Sirach 34:31 So a man that fasteth for his sins, and doth the same again, what doth his humbling himself profit him? who will hear his prayer? Sirach 35:2 It is a wholesome sacrifice to take heed to the commandments, and to depart from all iniquity. Sirach 35:3 And to depart from injustice, is to offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injustices, and a begging of pardon for sins. |
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