Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Never think less of someone because he is old; some of us are growing old, too. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him therewith: remember that we are all worthy of reproof. Sirach 8:4Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire. Sirach 8:5 Communicate not with an ignorant man, lest he speak ill of thy family. Sirach 8:7 Despise not a man in his old age; for we also shall become old. Sirach 8:8 Rejoice not at the death of thy enemy; knowing that we all die, and are not willing that others should rejoice at our death. Context Sirach 8…5Communicate not with an ignorant man, lest he speak ill of thy family. 6Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him therewith: remember that we are all worthy of reproof. 7Despise not a man in his old age; for we also shall become old.… Cross References Sirach 8:4 Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire. Sirach 8:5 Communicate not with an ignorant man, lest he speak ill of thy family. Sirach 8:7 Despise not a man in his old age; for we also shall become old. Sirach 8:8 Rejoice not at the death of thy enemy; knowing that we all die, and are not willing that others should rejoice at our death. |