Sirach 4:31
Good News Translation
Don't stick out your hand to get something if you're going to be tightfisted when the time comes to pay it back.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not let your hand be stretched out to receive and closed when it is time to give.

Contemporary English Version
Don't hold out your hand when it's time to receive, then close your fist when it's time to give.

New American Bible
Do not let your hand be open to receive, but clenched when it is time to give.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be not ashamed to confess thy sins, but submit not thyself to every man for sin.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Be not ashamed to confess thy sins, but submit not thyself to every man for sin.

Sirach 4:29
For by the tongue wisdom is discerned: and understanding, and knowledge, and learning by the word of the wise, and steadfastness in the works of justice.

Sirach 4:30
In nowise speak against the truth, but be ashamed of the lie of thy ignorance.

Sirach 4:32
Resist not against the face of the mighty, and do not strive against the stream of the river.

Sirach 4:33
Strive for justice for thy soul, and even unto death fight for justice, and God will overthrow thy enemies for thee.

Context
Sirach 4
30In nowise speak against the truth, but be ashamed of the lie of thy ignorance. 31Be not ashamed to confess thy sins, but submit not thyself to every man for sin. 32Resist not against the face of the mighty, and do not strive against the stream of the river.…
Cross References
Sirach 4:29
For by the tongue wisdom is discerned: and understanding, and knowledge, and learning by the word of the wise, and steadfastness in the works of justice.

Sirach 4:30
In nowise speak against the truth, but be ashamed of the lie of thy ignorance.

Sirach 4:32
Resist not against the face of the mighty, and do not strive against the stream of the river.

Sirach 4:33
Strive for justice for thy soul, and even unto death fight for justice, and God will overthrow thy enemies for thee.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 4:30
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