Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You should not reveal your most private thoughts to anyone. If you do, you may as well throw away any chance of happiness. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 8:17Judge 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. Sirach 8:20 Advise not with fools, for they cannot love but such things as please them. Sirach 8:21 Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth. Context Sirach 8…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. 20Advise not with fools, for they cannot love but such things as please them.… Cross References 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. Sirach 8:20 Advise not with fools, for they cannot love but such things as please them. Sirach 8:21 Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth. |
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