Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Undisciplined people find Wisdom's demands too hard and don't have enough determination to meet them. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits. Sirach 6:18My son, from thy youth up receive instruction, and even to thy grey hairs thou shalt find wisdom. Sirach 6:19 Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: Sirach 6:21 How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her. Sirach 6:22 She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it be long. Context Sirach 6…19Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: 20For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits. 21How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her.… Cross References Sirach 6:18 My son, from thy youth up receive instruction, and even to thy grey hairs thou shalt find wisdom. Sirach 6:19 Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: Sirach 6:21 How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her. Sirach 6:22 She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it be long. |
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