Good News Bible Anglicised

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 14:19-26-27 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

19. Everything made by human hands will decay and perish, along with the person who made it.

20. It is a happy person who is concerned with Wisdom and who uses good sense.

21. Anyone who studies the ways of Wisdom will also learn her secrets.

22. Go after Wisdom like a hunter looking for game.

23. Look into her windows and listen at her doors.

24. Camp as close to her house as you can get,

25. and you will have a fine place to live.

26-27. Build your home there, safe beneath her protecting branches, and shaded from the heat.