Common English Bible

Sirach 27:24-30 Common English Bible (CEB)

24. I’ve hated many things,but nothing compares with them.Even the Lord will hate them.

25. Those who throw stones up highthrow them on their own heads,and a deceitful blowwill open up wounds.

26. Whoever digs a hole will fall into it,and whoever sets a trapwill get caught in it.

27. Evil will roll back upon thosewho practice evil,and they will never knowwhere it came from.

28. Mocking and blamingbelong to the arrogant,and vengeance, like a lion,will lie in wait for them.

29. Those who rejoice when godly people fallwill get caught in a trap,and pain will consume thembefore their death.

30. Wrath and anger—these also are detestable,and they will possess the sinful person.