Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Engage in conversation with intelligent people, and let the Law of the Most High be the topic of your discussions. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure. Sirach 9:13And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction. Sirach 9:14 Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him. Sirach 9:16 Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be. Sirach 9:17 Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please. Context Sirach 9…14Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him. 15A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure. 16Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be.… Cross References Sirach 9:13 And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction. Sirach 9:14 Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him. Sirach 9:16 Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be. Sirach 9:17 Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please. |
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