Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If you have a good wife, do not divorce her, but do not trust yourself to someone you don't love. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them. Sirach 7:24Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee. Sirach 7:25 Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood. Sirach 7:27 Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man. Sirach 7:28 If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart, Context Sirach 7…25Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood. 26Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them. 27Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man.… Cross References Sirach 7:24 Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee. Sirach 7:25 Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood. Sirach 7:27 Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man. Sirach 7:28 If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart, |
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