Sirach 37:10
Good News Translation
Don't ask advice of anyone who doesn't trust you, and don't give advice to anyone who is jealous of you.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not consult the one who regards you with suspicion; hide your intentions from those who are jealous of you.

Contemporary English Version
If someone is jealous or suspicious of you, don't ask them for advice or tell them your plans.

New American Bible
Seek no advice from your father-in-law, and from one who is envious of you, keep your intentions hidden.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee:

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Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee:

Sirach 37:8
Every counsellor giveth out counsel, but there is one that is a counsellor for himself.

Sirach 37:9
Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind:

Sirach 37:11
Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee.

Sirach 37:12
Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks,

Context
Sirach 37
9Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind: 10Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee: 11Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee.…
Cross References
Sirach 37:8
Every counsellor giveth out counsel, but there is one that is a counsellor for himself.

Sirach 37:9
Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind:

Sirach 37:11
Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee.

Sirach 37:12
Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks,



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 37:9
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