Sirach 4:13
Good News Translation
Anyone who obtains Wisdom will be greatly honored. Wherever he goes, the Lord will bless him.

New Revised Standard Version
Whoever holds her fast inherits glory, and the Lord blesses the place she enters.

Contemporary English Version
Hold tightly to her-- you will receive glory, and the Lord will bless everyone around you.

New American Bible
Those who hold her fast will attain glory, and they shall abide in the blessing of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.

Sirach 4:11
And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.

Sirach 4:12
Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice.

Sirach 4:14
They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.

Sirach 4:15
They that serve her, shall be servants to the holy one: and God loveth them that love her.

Context
Sirach 4
12Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice. 13And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness. 14They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.…
Cross References
Sirach 4:11
And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.

Sirach 4:12
Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice.

Sirach 4:14
They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.

Sirach 4:15
They that serve her, shall be servants to the holy one: and God loveth them that love her.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 4:12
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