Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You should not get into an argument with anyone who has a hot temper or go to some place where the two of you will be alone. Violence means nothing to such a person, and he will attack you when there is no one to help you. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Be not surety above thy power: and if thou be surety, think as if thou wert to pay it. Sirach 8:14Stand not against the face of an injurious person, lest he sit as a spy to entrap thee in thy words. Sirach 8:15 Lend not to a man that is mightier than thyself: and if thou lendest, count it as lost. Sirach 8:17 Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just. Sirach 8:18 Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he burden thee with his evils: for he goeth according to his own will, and thou shalt perish together with his folly. Context Sirach 8…15Lend not to a man that is mightier than thyself: and if thou lendest, count it as lost. 16Be not surety above thy power: and if thou be surety, think as if thou wert to pay it. 17Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just.… Cross References Sirach 8:14 Stand not against the face of an injurious person, lest he sit as a spy to entrap thee in thy words. Sirach 8:15 Lend not to a man that is mightier than thyself: and if thou lendest, count it as lost. Sirach 8:17 Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just. Sirach 8:18 Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he burden thee with his evils: for he goeth according to his own will, and thou shalt perish together with his folly. |
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