Sirach 4:23
Good News Translation
Never hesitate to speak out when the occasion calls for it. Don't hide your wisdom.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not refrain from speaking at the proper moment, and do not hide your wisdom.

Contemporary English Version
If you can make things right by speaking up, then do so. Don't let the opinions of others make you hide your wisdom.

New American Bible
Do not refrain from speaking at the proper time, and do not hide your wisdom;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Son, observe the time, and fly from evil.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Son, observe the time, and fly from evil.

Sirach 4:21
And will disclose her secrets to him, and will heap upon him treasures of knowledge and understanding of justice.

Sirach 4:22
But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

Sirach 4:24
For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth.

Sirach 4:25
For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.

Context
Sirach 4
22But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy. 23Son, observe the time, and fly from evil. 24For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth.…
Cross References
Sirach 4:21
And will disclose her secrets to him, and will heap upon him treasures of knowledge and understanding of justice.

Sirach 4:22
But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy.

Sirach 4:24
For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth.

Sirach 4:25
For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 4:22
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