New American Bible, Revised Edition

Ben Sira 15:5-11 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

5. She will exalt him above his neighbors,and in the assembly she will make him eloquent.

6. Joy and gladness he will find,and an everlasting name he will inherit.

7. The worthless will not attain her,and the haughty will not behold her.

8. She is far from the impious;liars never think of her.

9. Praise is unseemly on the lips of sinners,for it has not been allotted to them by God.

10. But praise is uttered by the mouth of the wise,and its rightful owner teaches it.

11. Do not say: “It was God’s doing that I fell away,”for what he hates he does not do.