Sirach 25:3
Good News Translation
Unless you learn what you can while you are young, you will never be wise when you reach old age.

New Revised Standard Version
If you gathered nothing in your youth, how can you find anything in your old age?

Contemporary English Version
If you don't start learning when you are young, you will have no wisdom when you grow old.

New American Bible
In your youth you did not gather. How will you find anything in your old age?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life:

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Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life:

Sirach 25:1
With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men:

Sirach 25:2
The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together.

Sirach 25:4
A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.

Sirach 25:5
The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age?

Context
Sirach 25
2The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together. 3Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life: 4A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.…
Cross References
Sirach 25:1
With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men:

Sirach 25:2
The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together.

Sirach 25:4
A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.

Sirach 25:5
The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age?



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Sirach 25:2
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