Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Someone who speaks rashly and recklessly is feared and hated by everyone in town. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill, so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death. Sirach 9:16Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be. Sirach 9:17 Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please. Sirach 9:19 And if thou come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away thy life. Sirach 9:20 Know it to be a communication with death: for thou art going in the midst of snares, and walking upon the arms of them that are grieved. Context Sirach 9…17Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please. 18Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill, so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death. 19And if thou come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away thy life.… Cross References Sirach 9:16 Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be. Sirach 9:17 Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please. Sirach 9:19 And if thou come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away thy life. Sirach 9:20 Know it to be a communication with death: for thou art going in the midst of snares, and walking upon the arms of them that are grieved. |