Sirach 1:20
Good News Translation
To fear the Lord is the root of Wisdom; her branches are long life.

New Revised Standard Version
To fear the Lord is the root of wisdom, and her branches are long life.

Contemporary English Version
Wisdom is like a tree-- at its root is respect for the Lord, and its branches represent a long lifetime.

New American Bible
The fullness of wisdom is to fear the Lord; she inebriates them with her fruits.

Douay-Rheims Bible
To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof.

Sirach 1:18
Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness.

Sirach 1:19
It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed.

Sirach 1:21
She shall fill all her house with her increase, and the storehouses with her treasures.

Sirach 1:22
The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, filling up peace and the fruit of salvation:

Context
Sirach 1
19It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed. 20To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof. 21She shall fill all her house with her increase, and the storehouses with her treasures.…
Cross References
Sirach 1:18
Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness.

Sirach 1:19
It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed.

Sirach 1:21
She shall fill all her house with her increase, and the storehouses with her treasures.

Sirach 1:22
The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, filling up peace and the fruit of salvation:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 1:19
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