Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Watch out, and be on guard against him, even if he acts ever so humble. He is like a metal mirror that rusts away if you don't keep it polished. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him. Sirach 12:9In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity. Sirach 12:10 Never trust thy enemy for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth: Sirach 12:12 Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. Sirach 12:13 Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins. Context Sirach 12…10Never trust thy enemy for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth: 11Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him. 12Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.… Cross References Sirach 12:9 In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity. Sirach 12:10 Never trust thy enemy for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth: Sirach 12:12 Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. Sirach 12:13 Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins. |