Sirach 28:15
Good News Translation
Meddlers have caused faithful wives to be divorced, robbed of everything they had worked for.

Contemporary English Version
Because of lies others told, faithful, hard-working wives have been divorced and have lost everything

Douay-Rheims Bible
The whisperer and the double tongue is accursed: for he hath troubled many that were at peace.

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The whisperer and the double tongue is accursed: for he hath troubled many that were at peace.

Sirach 28:13
A hasty contention kindleth a fire and a hasty quarrel sheddeth blood and a tongue that beareth witness bringeth death.

Sirach 28:14
If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: both come out of the mouth.

Sirach 28:16
The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation.

Sirach 28:17
It hath destroyed the strong cities of the rich, and hath overthrown the houses of great men.

Context
Sirach 28
14If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: both come out of the mouth. 15The whisperer and the double tongue is accursed: for he hath troubled many that were at peace. 16The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation.…
Cross References
Sirach 28:13
A hasty contention kindleth a fire and a hasty quarrel sheddeth blood and a tongue that beareth witness bringeth death.

Sirach 28:14
If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: both come out of the mouth.

Sirach 28:16
The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation.

Sirach 28:17
It hath destroyed the strong cities of the rich, and hath overthrown the houses of great men.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 28:14
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