Sirach 5:8
Good News Translation
Don't rely on dishonest wealth; it will do you no good on that day of disaster.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not depend on dishonest wealth, for it will not benefit you on the day of calamity.

Contemporary English Version
And wealth gained by cheating won't save you from disaster.

New American Bible
Do not rely on deceitful wealth, for it will be no help on the day of wrath.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day.

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Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day.

Sirach 5:6
And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins.

Sirach 5:7
For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners.

Sirach 5:9
For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.

Sirach 5:10
Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.

Context
Sirach 5
7For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners. 8Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day. 9For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.…
Cross References
Sirach 5:6
And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins.

Sirach 5:7
For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners.

Sirach 5:9
For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.

Sirach 5:10
Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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