Sirach 37:16
Good News Translation
Planning and thought lie behind everything that is done.

New Revised Standard Version
Discussion is the beginning of every work, and counsel precedes every undertaking.

Contemporary English Version
Before you begin a project, talk with others and get their advice.

New American Bible
A word is the source of every deed; a thought, of every act.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee.

Sirach 37:14
Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel.

Sirach 37:15
But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God,

Sirach 37:17
And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth to thee than it.

Sirach 37:18
The soul of a holy man discovereth sometimes true things, more than seven watchmen that sit in a high place to watch.

Context
Sirach 37
15But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God, 16Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee. 17And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth to thee than it.…
Cross References
Sirach 37:14
Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel.

Sirach 37:15
But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God,

Sirach 37:17
And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth to thee than it.

Sirach 37:18
The soul of a holy man discovereth sometimes true things, more than seven watchmen that sit in a high place to watch.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 37:15
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