Verse (Click for Chapter) Douay-Rheims Bible Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire. Sirach 40:30The 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. Sirach 40:31 But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself. Sirach 41:1 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions! Sirach 41:2 To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat! Context Sirach 40…31But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself. 32Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire. … Cross References 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. Sirach 40:31 But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself. Sirach 41:1 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions! Sirach 41:2 To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat! |
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