Sirach 41:17
Good News Translation
Before your parents, be ashamed of immoral behavior. Before a ruler or an important person, be ashamed of a lie.

New Revised Standard Version
Be ashamed of sexual immorality, before your father or mother; and of a lie, before a prince or a ruler;

Contemporary English Version
You should be ashamed if you are immoral and your parents find out; if a leader discovers that you have lied;

New American Bible
Before father and mother be ashamed of immorality, before prince and ruler, of falsehood;

Douay-Rheims Bible
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?

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My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?

Sirach 41:15
Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.

Sirach 41:16
A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.

Sirach 41:18
Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.

Sirach 41:19
Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.

Context
Sirach 41
16A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever. 17My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both? 18Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.…
Cross References
Sirach 41:15
Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.

Sirach 41:16
A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.

Sirach 41:18
Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.

Sirach 41:19
Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 41:16
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