Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation So be generous; but also be willing to receive from others. Enjoy yourself, for you will not find any pleasures in the world of the dead. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Give and take, and justify thy soul. Sirach 14:14Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee. Sirach 14:15 Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours? Sirach 14:17 Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food. Sirach 14:18 All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree. Context Sirach 14…15Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours? 16Give and take, and justify thy soul. 17Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.… Cross References Sirach 14:14 Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee. Sirach 14:15 Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours? Sirach 14:17 Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food. Sirach 14:18 All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree. |
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