Verse (Click for Chapter) Douay-Rheims Bible Open not thy heart to every man: lest he repay thee with an evil turn, and speak reproachfully to thee. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Open not thy heart to every man: lest he repay thee with an evil turn, and speak reproachfully to thee. Sirach 8:20Advise 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. Sirach 9:1 Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson. Sirach 9:2 Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded. Context Sirach 8…21Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth. 22Open not thy heart to every man: lest he repay thee with an evil turn, and speak reproachfully to thee. … Cross References 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. Sirach 9:1 Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson. Sirach 9:2 Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded. |
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