Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The mind concerns itself with four things: these are good and evil, life and death. They all begin in the mind, but the tongue is their absolute ruler. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth to thee than it. Sirach 37:15But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God, Sirach 37:16 Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee. 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. Sirach 37:19 But above all these things pray to the most High, that he may direct thy way in truth. Context Sirach 37…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. 18The soul of a holy man discovereth sometimes true things, more than seven watchmen that sit in a high place to watch.… Cross References Sirach 37:15 But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God, Sirach 37:16 Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee. 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. Sirach 37:19 But above all these things pray to the most High, that he may direct thy way in truth. |
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