Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't ask advice of anyone who doesn't trust you, and don't give advice to anyone who is jealous of you. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee: Sirach 37:8Every counsellor giveth out counsel, but there is one that is a counsellor for himself. Sirach 37:9 Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind: Sirach 37:11 Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee. Sirach 37:12 Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks, Context Sirach 37…9Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind: 10Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee: 11Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee.… Cross References Sirach 37:8 Every counsellor giveth out counsel, but there is one that is a counsellor for himself. Sirach 37:9 Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind: Sirach 37:11 Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee. Sirach 37:12 Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks, |
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