Sirach 11:22
Good News Translation
Devout people will receive the Lord's blessing as their reward, and that blessing can be given in a moment.

New Revised Standard Version
The blessing of the Lord is the reward of the pious, and quickly God causes his blessing to flourish.

Contemporary English Version
Suddenly, he will reward you and bless you with prosperity, if you are faithful to him. *

New American Bible
God’s blessing is the lot of the righteous, and in due time their hope bears fruit.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place,

Sirach 11:20
And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die.

Sirach 11:21
Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments.

Sirach 11:23
For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich.

Sirach 11:24
The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit.

Context
Sirach 11
21Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments. 22Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place, 23For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich.…
Cross References
Sirach 11:20
And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die.

Sirach 11:21
Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments.

Sirach 11:23
For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich.

Sirach 11:24
The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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