Sirach 7:20
Good News Translation
Don't mistreat servants who do their work well, or employees who do their best for you.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not abuse slaves who work faithfully, or hired laborers who devote themselves to their task.

Contemporary English Version
If your workers or slaves work hard and well, don't mistreat them.

New American Bible
Do not mistreat a servant who works faithfully, or laborers who devote themselves to their task.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold.

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.

Sirach 7:21
Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold.

Sirach 7:22
Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life.

Context
Sirach 7
19Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms. 20Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold. 21Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold.…
Cross References
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.

Sirach 7:21
Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold.

Sirach 7:22
Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 7:19
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