Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Give to religious people, but don't help sinners. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance. Sirach 12:2Do good to the just, and thou shalt find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord. Sirach 12:3 For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent. Sirach 12:5 Give to the good, and receive not a sinner. Sirach 12:6 Do good to the humble, and give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not to him, lest thereby he overmaster thee. Context Sirach 12…3For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent. 4Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance. 5Give to the good, and receive not a sinner.… Cross References Sirach 12:2 Do good to the just, and thou shalt find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord. Sirach 12:3 For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent. Sirach 12:5 Give to the good, and receive not a sinner. Sirach 12:6 Do good to the humble, and give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not to him, lest thereby he overmaster thee. |
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