Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you feel cheerful, you will look cheerful, although making up proverbs calls for some intense thought. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him. Sirach 13:24And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor. Sirach 13:25 When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance. Sirach 13:27 The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place. Sirach 13:28 The rich man spoke, and all held their peace, and what he said they extol even to the clouds. Context Sirach 13…25When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance. 26When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him. 27The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place.… Cross References Sirach 13:24 And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor. Sirach 13:25 When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance. Sirach 13:27 The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place. Sirach 13:28 The rich man spoke, and all held their peace, and what he said they extol even to the clouds. |