Sirach 11:25
Good News Translation
When things are going well, people don't think about hard times; and when things are going badly, they forget about prosperity.

New Revised Standard Version
In the day of prosperity, adversity is forgotten, and in the day of adversity, prosperity is not remembered.

Contemporary English Version
When people are well off, they never mention how needy they once were, and when they have trouble, the good times are forgotten.

New American Bible
The day of prosperity makes one forget adversity; the day of adversity makes one forget prosperity.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this?

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.

Sirach 11:26
Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this?

Sirach 11:27
In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things:

Context
Sirach 11
24The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit. 25Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this? 26Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this?…
Cross References
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.

Sirach 11:26
Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this?

Sirach 11:27
In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 11:24
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