Sirach 5:11
Good News Translation
Always be ready to listen, but take your time in answering.

New Revised Standard Version
Be quick to hear, but deliberate in answering.

Contemporary English Version
Be willing to listen to anyone, but think before you answer.

New American Bible
Be swift to hear, but slow to answer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.

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Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.

Sirach 5:9
For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.

Sirach 5:10
Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.

Sirach 5:12
Be steadfast in the way of the Lord, and in the truth of thy judgment, and in knowledge, and let the word of peace and justice keep with thee.

Sirach 5:13
Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst understand: and return a true answer with wisdom.

Context
Sirach 5
10Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge. 11Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue. 12Be steadfast in the way of the Lord, and in the truth of thy judgment, and in knowledge, and let the word of peace and justice keep with thee.…
Cross References
Sirach 5:9
For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.

Sirach 5:10
Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.

Sirach 5:12
Be steadfast in the way of the Lord, and in the truth of thy judgment, and in knowledge, and let the word of peace and justice keep with thee.

Sirach 5:13
Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst understand: and return a true answer with wisdom.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 5:10
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