Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Choose righteous people for your dinner companions. Your chief pride should be your fear of the Lord. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be. Sirach 9:14Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him. Sirach 9:15 A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure. Sirach 9:17 Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please. Sirach 9:18 Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill, so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death. Context Sirach 9…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. 17Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please.… Cross References Sirach 9:14 Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him. Sirach 9:15 A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure. Sirach 9:17 Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please. Sirach 9:18 Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill, so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death. |
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