Good News Bible Anglicised

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 25:6-10 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

6. Elderly people wear the crown of long experience, and they can boast of nothing finer than their fear of the Lord.

7. I will tell you about ten kinds of people that I feel fortunate to know, especially fortunate in the case of the tenth:someone who takes pride in his children,someone who lives to see his enemies fall,

8. a man fortunate enough to have an understanding wife,a married couple who are well-matched,a person who never speaks sinfully,a person who doesn't have to work for someone less competent than himself,

9. someone fortunate enough to have a real friend,a person that people are happy to listen to,

10. and the really great one: someone who is wise.But the greatest one of all is the person who fears the Lord.