Sirach 31:5
Good News Translation
No one who loves money can be judged innocent; his efforts to get rich have led him into sin.

New Revised Standard Version
One who loves gold will not be justified; one who pursues money will be led astray by it.

Contemporary English Version
Some people love gold and aim to make big profits, and they will be led to do wrong instead of right.

New American Bible
The lover of gold will not be free from sin; whoever pursues money will be led astray by it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that loveth gold, shall not be justified: and he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled with it.

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He that loveth gold, shall not be justified: and he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled with it.

Sirach 31:3
The rich man hath laboured in gathering riches together, and when he resteth he shall be filled with his goods.

Sirach 31:4
The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor.

Sirach 31:6
Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.

Sirach 31:7
Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it.

Context
Sirach 31
4The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor. 5He that loveth gold, shall not be justified: and he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled with it. 6Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.…
Cross References
Sirach 31:3
The rich man hath laboured in gathering riches together, and when he resteth he shall be filled with his goods.

Sirach 31:4
The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor.

Sirach 31:6
Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.

Sirach 31:7
Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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