Sirach 7:17
Good News Translation
Be very humble, because the decay of death awaits us all.

New Revised Standard Version
Humble yourself to the utmost, for the punishment of the ungodly is fire and worms.

Contemporary English Version
So be as humble as you can, because those who are ungodly will be eaten by worms and burned by fire.

New American Bible
More and more, humble your pride; what awaits mortals is worms.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly.

Sirach 7:15
Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer.

Sirach 7:16
Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High.

Sirach 7:18
Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.

Sirach 7:19
Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms.

Context
Sirach 7
16Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High. 17Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly. 18Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.…
Cross References
Sirach 7:15
Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer.

Sirach 7:16
Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High.

Sirach 7:18
Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.

Sirach 7:19
Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 7:16
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