The Bible
The Bible
Topics
Bible Study
Pastors
References
Bible Stories
Join
PLUS
Login
Bible
Bible Versions
RHE
Ben Sira
Ben Sira 8
Ben Sira 8:4
Ben Sira 8
Chapter
Book
Close
Loading
CURRENTLY READING
CURRENTLY READING
RHE
Change Translation
Close
Loading...
Recent Translations
Audio Available
Study Bible
CURRENT TRANSLATION
All Translations
Audio Available
Study Bible
CURRENT TRANSLATION
Ben Sira 8:4
Share
Close
Share
Tweet
Save
Settings
Close
Red Letter
Cross References
Strongs Numbers
Footnotes
Verse Numbers
4
Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
Read Chapter
Compare
PREVIOUS
Ben Sira 8:3
NEXT
Ben Sira 8:5
Ben Sira 8:4 In-Context
2
Contend not with a rich man, lest he bring an action against thee.
3
For gold and silver hath destroyed many, and hath reached even to the heart of kings, and perverted them.
4
Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
5
Communicate not with an ignorant man, lest he speak ill of thy family.
6
Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him therewith: remember that we are all worthy of reproof.
The Douay-Rheims Bible is in the public domain.