Sirach 35:11
Good News Translation
The Lord always repays and will do it many times over.

New Revised Standard Version
With every gift show a cheerful face, and dedicate your tithe with gladness.

Contemporary English Version
Be happy and cheerful when you give him a gift or a tenth of your harvest.

New American Bible
With each contribution show a cheerful countenance, and pay your tithes in a spirit of joy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In every gift shew a cheerful countenance, and sanctify thy tithes with joy.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In every gift shew a cheerful countenance, and sanctify thy tithes with joy.

Sirach 35:9
The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and the Lord will not forget the memorial thereof.

Sirach 35:10
Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands.

Sirach 35:12
Give to the most High according to what he hath given to thee, and with a good eye do according to the ability of thy hands:

Sirach 35:13
For the Lord maketh recompense, and will give thee seven times as much.

Context
Sirach 35
10Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands. 11In every gift shew a cheerful countenance, and sanctify thy tithes with joy. 12Give to the most High according to what he hath given to thee, and with a good eye do according to the ability of thy hands:…
Cross References
Sirach 35:9
The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and the Lord will not forget the memorial thereof.

Sirach 35:10
Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands.

Sirach 35:12
Give to the most High according to what he hath given to thee, and with a good eye do according to the ability of thy hands:

Sirach 35:13
For the Lord maketh recompense, and will give thee seven times as much.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 35:10
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