Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you hear something bad about a friend, ask him about it. It might be a lie. Don't believe everything you hear. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed. Sirach 19:13Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more. Sirach 19:14 Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again. Sirach 19:16 And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart. Sirach 19:17 For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him. Context Sirach 19…14Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again. 15Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed. 16And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart.… Cross References Sirach 19:13 Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more. Sirach 19:14 Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again. Sirach 19:16 And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart. Sirach 19:17 For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him. |
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