Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If anyone has ever passed this test, he can well be proud. Has anyone ever known that he could get away with cheating someone, and not taken advantage of it? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting. He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them: Sirach 31:8Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures. Sirach 31:9 Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life. Sirach 31:11 Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms. Sirach 31:12 Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it. Context Sirach 31…9Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life. 10Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting. He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them: 11Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms.… Cross References Sirach 31:8 Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures. Sirach 31:9 Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life. Sirach 31:11 Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms. Sirach 31:12 Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it. |