Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When you find yourself with stupid people, look for some excuse to leave, but when you are with serious-minded people, stay as long as you can. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon. Sirach 27:10Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her. Sirach 27:11 The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities. Sirach 27:13 In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think. Sirach 27:14 The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin. Context Sirach 27…11The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities. 12A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon. 13In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.… Cross References Sirach 27:10 Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her. Sirach 27:11 The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities. Sirach 27:13 In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think. Sirach 27:14 The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin. |
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