Ben Sira 3:7

7 they will serve their parents as their masters.

Ben Sira 3:7 In-Context

5 Those who honor their father will have joy in their own children, and when they pray they will be heard.

6 Those who respect their father will have long life, and those who honor their mother obey the Lord;

7 they will serve their parents as their masters.

8 Honor your father by word and deed, that his blessing may come upon you.

9 For a father's blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother's curse uproots their foundations.

Footnotes

• [a]. In other ancient authorities this line is preceded by [Those who fear the Lord honor their father,]