Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version Do not avert your eye from the needy, and give no one reason to curse you; Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back. Sirach 4:3Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to gibe to him that is in distress. Sirach 4:4 Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy. Sirach 4:6 For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him. Sirach 4:7 Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man. Context Sirach 4…4Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy. 5Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back. 6For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him.… Cross References Sirach 4:3 Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to gibe to him that is in distress. Sirach 4:4 Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy. Sirach 4:6 For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him. Sirach 4:7 Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man. |
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