Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You welcome the guests and pour the drinks, and nobody thanks you. Instead, people humiliate you by saying things like: New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment. Sirach 29:23Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea. Sirach 29:24 It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries. Sirach 29:26 Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not. Sirach 29:27 The chief thing for man's life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame. Context Sirach 29…24It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries. 25A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment. 26Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not.… Cross References Sirach 29:23 Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea. Sirach 29:24 It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries. Sirach 29:26 Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not. Sirach 29:27 The chief thing for man's life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame. |