Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you want to, you can keep the Lord's commands. You can decide whether you will be loyal to him or not. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge He added his commandments and precepts. Sirach 15:13The Lord hateth all abomination of error, and they that fear him shall not love it. Sirach 15:14 God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel. Sirach 15:16 If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee. Sirach 15:17 He hath set water and fire before thee: stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt. Context Sirach 15…14God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel. 15He added his commandments and precepts. 16If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee.… Cross References Sirach 15:13 The Lord hateth all abomination of error, and they that fear him shall not love it. Sirach 15:14 God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel. Sirach 15:16 If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee. Sirach 15:17 He hath set water and fire before thee: stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt. |