Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Honor your father with all your heart, and never forget how your mother suffered when you were born. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man. Sirach 7:25Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood. Sirach 7:26 Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them. Sirach 7:28 If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart, Sirach 7:29 Honour thy father, and forget not the groanings of thy mother: Context Sirach 7…26Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them. 27Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man. 28If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart,… Cross References Sirach 7:25 Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood. Sirach 7:26 Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them. Sirach 7:28 If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart, Sirach 7:29 Honour thy father, and forget not the groanings of thy mother: |
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