Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't rely on dishonest wealth; it will do you no good on that day of disaster. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day. Sirach 5:6And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins. Sirach 5:7 For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners. 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. Context Sirach 5…7For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners. 8Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day. 9For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.… Cross References Sirach 5:6 And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins. Sirach 5:7 For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners. 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. |
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