Sirach 42:1
Good News Translation
On the other hand, it is possible to sin by giving in to other people too much. Here are some things you should not be ashamed of:

New Revised Standard Version
Be ashamed of repeating what you hear, and of betraying secrets. Then you will show proper shame, and will find favor with everyone. Of the following things do not be ashamed, and do not sin to save face:

Contemporary English Version
if you repeat rumors or tell someone's secret. If someone catches you doing any of these things, show how ashamed you are, then others will forgive you.

New American Bible
Of repeating what you hear, of betraying any secret. Be ashamed of the right things, and you will find favor in the sight of all. But of these things do not be ashamed, lest you sin to save face:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be truly without confusion, and shalt find favour before all men: be not ashamed of any of these things, and accept no person to sin thereby:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be truly without confusion, and shalt find favour before all men: be not ashamed of any of these things, and accept no person to sin thereby:

Sirach 41:27
Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.

Sirach 41:28
Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.

Sirach 42:2
Of the law of the most High, and of his covenant, and of judgment to justify the ungodly:

Sirach 42:3
Of the affair of companions and travellers, and of the gift of the inheritance of friends:

Context
Sirach 42
1Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be truly without confusion, and shalt find favour before all men: be not ashamed of any of these things, and accept no person to sin thereby: 2Of the law of the most High, and of his covenant, and of judgment to justify the ungodly:…
Cross References
Sirach 41:27
Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.

Sirach 41:28
Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.

Sirach 42:2
Of the law of the most High, and of his covenant, and of judgment to justify the ungodly:

Sirach 42:3
Of the affair of companions and travellers, and of the gift of the inheritance of friends:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 41:28
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