Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Wine and music can make you happy, but a happy marriage is even better. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Wine and music rejoice the heart, but the love of wisdom is above them both. Sirach 40:18The life of a laborer that is content with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in it thou shalt find a treasure. Sirach 40:19 Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both. Sirach 40:21 The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both. Sirach 40:22 Thy eye desireth favour and beauty, but more than these green sown fields. Context Sirach 40…19Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both. 20Wine and music rejoice the heart, but the love of wisdom is above them both. 21The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.… Cross References Sirach 40:18 The life of a laborer that is content with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in it thou shalt find a treasure. Sirach 40:19 Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both. Sirach 40:21 The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both. Sirach 40:22 Thy eye desireth favour and beauty, but more than these green sown fields. |
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