Sirach 6:2
Good News Translation
Do not let your passions carry you away; this can tear your soul to pieces like a bull.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not fall into the grip of passion, or you may be torn apart as by a bull.

Contemporary English Version
Don't fall under the power of evil desires. They are burning flames that will destroy you,

New American Bible
Do not fall into the grip of your passion, lest like fire it consume your strength.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy strength be quashed by folly,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy strength be quashed by folly,

Sirach 5:18
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.

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.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 6:1
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