Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Do not let your passions carry you away; this can tear your soul to pieces like a bull. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy strength be quashed by folly, Sirach 5:18Justify alike the small and the great. Sirach 6:1 Instead of a friend become not an enemy to thy neighbour: for an evil man shall inherit reproach and shame, so shall every sinner that is envious and double tongued. Sirach 6:3 And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit, and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilderness. Sirach 6:4 For a wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and maketh him to be a joy to his enemies, and shall lead him into the lot of the wicked. Context Sirach 6…1Instead of a friend become not an enemy to thy neighbour: for an evil man shall inherit reproach and shame, so shall every sinner that is envious and double tongued. 2Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy strength be quashed by folly, 3And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit, and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilderness.… Cross References Sirach 5:18 Justify alike the small and the great. Sirach 6:1 Instead of a friend become not an enemy to thy neighbour: for an evil man shall inherit reproach and shame, so shall every sinner that is envious and double tongued. Sirach 6:3 And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit, and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilderness. Sirach 6:4 For a wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and maketh him to be a joy to his enemies, and shall lead him into the lot of the wicked. |
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