Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation My child, don't live the life of a beggar; it is better to die than to beg. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glory. Sirach 40:26Riches and strength lift up the heart: but above these is the fear of the Lord. Sirach 40:27 There is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek for help. Sirach 40:29 My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want. Sirach 40:30 The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat. Context Sirach 40…27There is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek for help. 28The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glory. 29My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want.… Cross References Sirach 40:26 Riches and strength lift up the heart: but above these is the fear of the Lord. Sirach 40:27 There is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek for help. Sirach 40:29 My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want. Sirach 40:30 The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat. |
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