Sirach 19:16–17
New Revised Standard Version: Updated EditionOther versions
English
- NRSVue New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition
- Apocrypha of the Old Testament
- AV 1873 The Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English Version
- D-R Douay-Rheims Bible
- KJV Apoc The King James Version Apocrypha
- RSV The Revised Standard Version
- RSVCE The Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition
Latin
16A person may make a slip without intending it.
Who has not sinned with his tongue?*
17Question your neighbor before you threaten him,
Footnotes
- yOther ancient authorities add and do not be angry. 18The fear of the Lord is the beginning of acceptance, and wisdom obtains his love. 19The knowledge of the Lord’s commandments is life-giving discipline, and those who do what is pleasing to him enjoy the fruit of the tree of immortality.
Cross references
Copyright 2021 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America