Sirach 6:33
Good News Translation
If you are willing to listen, you will learn and become wise.

New Revised Standard Version
If you love to listen you will gain knowledge, and if you pay attention you will become wise.

Contemporary English Version
Do you love to listen? That's all it really takes to gain Wisdom.

New American Bible
If you are willing to listen, you can learn; if you pay attention, you can be instructed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My son, if thou wilt attend to me, thou shalt learn: and if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be wise.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

My son, if thou wilt attend to me, thou shalt learn: and if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be wise.

Sirach 6:31
For in her is the beauty of life, and her bands are a healthful binding.

Sirach 6:32
Thou shalt put her on as a robe of glory, and thou shalt set her upon thee as a crown of joy.

Sirach 6:34
If thou wilt incline thy ear, thou shalt receive instruction: and if thou love to hear, thou shalt be wise.

Sirach 6:35
Stand in the multitude of ancients that are wise, and join thyself from thy heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst hear every discourse of God, and the sayings of praise may not escape thee.

Context
Sirach 6
32Thou shalt put her on as a robe of glory, and thou shalt set her upon thee as a crown of joy. 33My son, if thou wilt attend to me, thou shalt learn: and if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be wise. 34If thou wilt incline thy ear, thou shalt receive instruction: and if thou love to hear, thou shalt be wise.…
Cross References
Sirach 6:31
For in her is the beauty of life, and her bands are a healthful binding.

Sirach 6:32
Thou shalt put her on as a robe of glory, and thou shalt set her upon thee as a crown of joy.

Sirach 6:34
If thou wilt incline thy ear, thou shalt receive instruction: and if thou love to hear, thou shalt be wise.

Sirach 6:35
Stand in the multitude of ancients that are wise, and join thyself from thy heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst hear every discourse of God, and the sayings of praise may not escape thee.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 6:32
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