Font Size
Sirach 31:24-26
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 31:24-26
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
24 The city will complain of the one who is niggardly with food,
and their testimony to his niggardliness is accurate.
Temperance in Drinking Wine
25 Do not aim to be valiant over wine,
for wine has destroyed many.
26 Fire and water prove[a] the temper of steel,
so wine tests hearts in the strife of the proud.
Footnotes
- Sirach 31:26 Gk The furnace by dipping proves
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends
The Revised Standard Version Catholic Bible Compact Edition-hardcover, navy blue
Retail: $25.99
Our Price: $16.99
Save: $9.00 (35%)
The Ave Catholic Notetaking Bible (Rsv2ce)Second Catholic Edition, Cloth, Not Applicable
Retail: $49.95
Our Price: $44.96
Save: $4.99 (10%)
The Catholic Comic Book Bible: Gospel of Luke, Paper, Not Applicable
Retail: $19.95
Our Price: $17.96
Save: $1.99 (10%)
RSV Catholic Bible, Edition 2, Bonded Leather, Burgundy
Retail: $49.95
Our Price: $44.96
Save: $4.99 (10%)