Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't tell lies at all. It never does any good. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither do the like against thy friend. Sirach 7:11Say not: God will have respect to the multitude of my gifts, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept my offerings. Sirach 7:12 Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth all. Sirach 7:14 Be not willing to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good. Sirach 7:15 Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer. Context Sirach 7…12Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth all. 13Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither do the like against thy friend. 14Be not willing to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.… Cross References Sirach 7:11 Say not: God will have respect to the multitude of my gifts, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept my offerings. Sirach 7:12 Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth all. Sirach 7:14 Be not willing to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good. Sirach 7:15 Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer. |
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