Sirach 11:16
Good News Translation
Error and darkness have been with sinners from the beginning, and those who enjoy evil will have it with them into their old age.

Contemporary English Version
Sinners are dishonest and live in darkness, proud of their evil from the day they are born, and so evil will stay with them until the day they die.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.

Sirach 11:14
Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God.

Sirach 11:15
Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him.

Sirach 11:17
The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.

Sirach 11:18
There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.

Context
Sirach 11
15Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him. 16Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil. 17The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.…
Cross References
Sirach 11:14
Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God.

Sirach 11:15
Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him.

Sirach 11:17
The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.

Sirach 11:18
There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 11:15
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