Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you touch a dead body and then purify yourself by washing, but then go and touch it again, what good did the washing do? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood. Sirach 34:23The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked: neither hath he respect to the oblations of the unjust, nor will he be pacified for sins by the multitude of their sacrifices. Sirach 34:24 He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father. Sirach 34:26 He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour. Sirach 34:27 He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are brothers. Context Sirach 34…24He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father. 25The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood. 26He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour.… Cross References Sirach 34:23 The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked: neither hath he respect to the oblations of the unjust, nor will he be pacified for sins by the multitude of their sacrifices. Sirach 34:24 He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father. Sirach 34:26 He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour. Sirach 34:27 He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the laborer of his hire, are brothers. |