Sirach 7:3
Good News Translation
Do not plow the ground to plant seeds of injustice; you may reap a bigger harvest than you expect.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not sow in the furrows of injustice, and you will not reap a sevenfold crop.

Contemporary English Version
But those who farm the fields of injustice, will harvest seven times more than they plant.

New American Bible
Do not sow in the furrows of injustice, lest you harvest it sevenfold.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

Sirach 7:1
Do no evils, and no evils shall lay hold of thee.

Sirach 7:2
Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee.

Sirach 7:4
Seek not of the Lord a preeminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.

Sirach 7:5
Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.

Context
Sirach 7
2Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee. 3My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold. 4Seek not of the Lord a preeminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.…
Cross References
Sirach 7:1
Do no evils, and no evils shall lay hold of thee.

Sirach 7:2
Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee.

Sirach 7:4
Seek not of the Lord a preeminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.

Sirach 7:5
Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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