Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Make yourself popular in the synagogue. Bow your head to men of authority. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man. Sirach 4:5Turn 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. 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 4:8 Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness. Sirach 4:9 Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul. Context Sirach 4…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. 7Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man. 8Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness.… Cross References Sirach 4:5 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 4:6 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 4:8 Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness. Sirach 4:9 Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul. |
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