Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You should not do anything in front of a stranger that should be kept secret. There is no way of knowing what will happen if you do. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. Sirach 8:16Be not surety above thy power: and if thou be surety, think as if thou wert to pay it. Sirach 8:17 Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just. Sirach 8:19 Quarrel not with a passionate man, and go not into the desert with a bold man: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help he will overthrow thee. Sirach 8:20 Advise not with fools, for they cannot love but such things as please them. Context Sirach 8…17Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just. 18Go 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. 19Quarrel not with a passionate man, and go not into the desert with a bold man: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help he will overthrow thee.… Cross References Sirach 8:16 Be not surety above thy power: and if thou be surety, think as if thou wert to pay it. Sirach 8:17 Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just. Sirach 8:19 Quarrel not with a passionate man, and go not into the desert with a bold man: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help he will overthrow thee. Sirach 8:20 Advise not with fools, for they cannot love but such things as please them. |