Sirach 2 · Compare

Sirach 2 · Compare translations

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My son, if you come to serve the Lord, prepare your soul for temptation.

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Set your heart aright, constantly endure, and don’t make haste in time of calamity.

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Cling to him, and don’t depart, that you may be increased at your latter end.

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Accept whatever is brought upon you, and be patient when you suffer humiliation.

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For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.

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Put your trust in him, and he will help you. Make your ways straight, and set your hope on him.

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All you who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. Don’t turn aside, lest you fall.

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All you who fear the Lord, put your trust in him, and your reward will not fail.

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All you who fear the Lord, hope for good things, and for eternal gladness and mercy.

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Look at the generations of old, and see: Who ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed? Or who remained in his fear, and was forsaken? Or who called upon him, and he neglected him?

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For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction.

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Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands, and to the sinner who goes two ways!

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Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe. Therefore it won’t be defended.

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Woe to you who have lost your patience! And what will you all do when the Lord visits you?

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Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words. Those who love him will keep his ways.

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Those who fear the Lord will seek his good pleasure. Those who love him will be filled with the law.

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Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and will humble their souls in his sight.

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We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men; for as his majesty is, so also is his mercy.

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WEB: World English Bible (Public Domain) · BSB: Berean Standard Bible (Public Domain)