Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this? Sirach 11:23For 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: |