Sirach 29:12
Good News Translation
Count among your treasures the fact that you give to the poor. It will save you from all kinds of trouble

New Revised Standard Version
Store up almsgiving in your treasury, and it will rescue you from every disaster;

Contemporary English Version
Your gifts to the poor are a treasure that will rescue you when trouble comes,

New American Bible
Store up almsgiving in your treasury, and it will save you from every evil.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty.

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Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty.

Sirach 29:10
Many have refused to lend, not out of wickedness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without cause.

Sirach 29:11
But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy.

Sirach 29:13
Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.

Sirach 29:14
Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.

Context
Sirach 29
11But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy. 12Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty. 13Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.…
Cross References
Sirach 29:10
Many have refused to lend, not out of wickedness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without cause.

Sirach 29:11
But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy.

Sirach 29:13
Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.

Sirach 29:14
Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 29:11
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