Sirach 40:12
Good News Translation
Nothing that comes from bribery or injustice will last, but the effects of loyalty will remain forever.

New Revised Standard Version
All bribery and injustice will be blotted out, but good faith will last forever.

Contemporary English Version
What you gain by being honest will last forever, but wealth you get by bribery and cheating will disappear.

New American Bible
All that comes from bribes or injustice will be wiped out, but loyalty remains forever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All bribery, and injustice shall be blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

All bribery, and injustice shall be blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever.

Sirach 40:10
All these things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood.

Sirach 40:11
All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.

Sirach 40:13
The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.

Sirach 40:14
While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end.

Context
Sirach 40
11All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea. 12All bribery, and injustice shall be blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever. 13The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.…
Cross References
Sirach 40:10
All these things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood.

Sirach 40:11
All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.

Sirach 40:13
The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like a great thunder in rain.

Sirach 40:14
While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 40:11
Top of Page
Top of Page