Summary of Sirach (View)
Date: 195-175 B.C.E.
Description: The book here referred to as Ben Sira is known by a number of names. In Jewish tradition it was called Ben Sira and in early Christian Bibles it is titled Sirach (son of Sira). In the Latin Vulgate it was given the title Ecclesiasticus, or Church Book. The book is very similar to the book of Proverbs and was popular among both Christians and Jews, yet although it stands firmly within the biblical tradition in some ways, it is unusual in others.
Wills, Lawrence M. Introduction to the Apocrypha: Jewish Books in Christian Bibles, Yale University Press, 2021
Hebrew Bible
Dead Sea Scrolls
Deuterocanon
Pseudepigrapha
New Testament
- Sirach 2:1 - James 1:2
- Sirach 2:5 - 1 Peter 1:7
- Sirach 3:3 - James 5:20
- Sirach 4:10 - James 1:27
- Sirach 4:10 - John 1:12
- Sirach 4:31 - Acts 20:35
- Sirach 5:11 - James 1:19
- Sirach 5:13 - James 3:6
- Sirach 6:28 - Matthew 11:29
- Sirach 7:14 - Matthew 6:7
- Sirach 7:32-35 - Matthew 25:35
- Sirach 7:34 - Romans 12:15
- Sirach 9:8 - Matthew 5:28
- Sirach 10:4 - Romans 13:1
- Sirach 10:14 - Luke 1:52
- Sirach 11:19 - Luke 12:19
- Sirach 13:17 - Matthew 10:16
- Sirach 14:1 - James 3:2
- Sirach 14:8 - Matthew 6:23
- Sirach 15:3 - John 6:35
- Sirach 15:11-20 - James 1:9-18
- Sirach 16:12 - 1 Peter 1:17
- Sirach 16:14 - 1 Corinthians 11:29
- Sirach 16:18 - Luke 2:14
- Sirach 16:18 - 2 Corinthians 12:2
- Sirach 16:21 - John 3:8
- Sirach 17:26 - 2 Timothy 2:19
- Sirach 18:1 - Revelation 1:18
- Sirach 18:11 - 2 Peter 3:9
- Sirach 20:27-31 - Matthew 13:44
- Sirach 21:10 - Matthew 7:13
- Sirach 23:5 - Matthew 6:13
- Sirach 23:7 - James 3:9
- Sirach 24:8 - John 1:14
- Sirach 25:8 - Matthew 5:3
- Sirach 27:5-6 - Matthew 12:33-37
- Sirach 27:6 - Matthew 7:20
- Sirach 28:1 - Matthew 18:23
- Sirach 28:2 - Matthew 6:12
- Sirach 28:12 - James 3:6
- Sirach 29:10 - James 5:3
- Sirach 29:11-13 - Matthew 6:20
- Sirach 31:15 - Matthew 7:12
- Sirach 33:1-6 - James 1:2-8
- Sirach 33:13 - Romans 9:21
- Sirach 35:17 - Luke 18:3
- Sirach 35:22 - Matthew 16:27
- Sirach 36:1-12 - 2 Peter 3:8-13
- Sirach 36:6 - Acts 2:3
- Sirach 37:2 - Matthew 26:38
- Sirach 37:28 - 1 Corinthians 6:12
- Sirach 38:9 - James 5:14
- Sirach 39:29 - Revelation 8:7
- Sirach 39:30 - Revelation 9:3
- Sirach 40:15 - Matthew 13:3-8
- Sirach 43:26 - Colossians 1:17
- Sirach 43:27 - 1 Corinthians 15:28
- Sirach 44:1 - Hebrews 11:2
- Sirach 44:20 - James 2:21
- Sirach 48:10 - Matthew 11:11
- Sirach 48:10 - Matthew 17:11
- Sirach 48:10 - Luke 1:17
- Sirach 48:24 - Matthew 5:4
- Sirach 50:20 - Luke 24:50
- Sirach 51:23 - Matthew 11:28
Patristic
- Sirach 1:1 - Clement of Alexandria Stromata 1.4
- Sirach 1:2 - Alexander Epistles on Arianism 1:1
- Sirach 1:2 - Methodius Fragments
- Sirach 1:4 - Augustine Confessions 12.15
- Sirach 1:9 - Athanasius Discourse Against the Arians 22
- Sirach 1:18 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.8
- Sirach 1:21 - John Chrysostom Homily 29 on Acts
- Sirach 1:27 - Clement of Alexandria Stromata 2.15
- Sirach 1:27 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.8
- Sirach 2:4 - Cyprian Treatises 9:17
- Sirach 2:4 - Didache 3:10
- Sirach 2:5 - Cyprian Treatises 7:9
- Sirach 2:7 - Augustine City of God 20.10
- Sirach 2:11 - 1 Clement 60:3
- Sirach 2:11 - Against Novatian 18
- Sirach 3:17 - Augustine Confessions 13.21
- Sirach 3:21 - Ambrose On the Christian Faith 5.19
- Sirach 3:26 - Augustine City of God 1.27
- Sirach 3:26 - Augustine Confessions 6.12
- Sirach 4:5 - Didache 4:8
- Sirach 4:9 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 1.63
- Sirach 4:28 - Athanasius Defense Against the Arians 90
- Sirach 4:31 - Didache 4:5
- Sirach 4:31 - Barnabas 19:9
- Sirach 5:14 - Didache 2:4
- Sirach 6:16 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 2.7
- Sirach 6:16 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 3.22
- Sirach 6:33 - Clement of Alexandria Stromata 2.5
- Sirach 6:36 - Methodius Banquet of the Ten Virgins 1.1
- Sirach 7:13 - Augustine City of God 14.8
- Sirach 7:14 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.7
- Sirach 7:17 - Augustine City of God 21.9
- Sirach 7:23 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.9
- Sirach 7:29 - Didache 4:1
- Sirach 7:31 - Didache 13:3
- Sirach 9:7 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 3.4
- Sirach 9:8 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 3.11
- Sirach 9:9 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.7
- Sirach 9:16 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 3.4
- Sirach 9:18 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.7
- Sirach 10:4 - Origen Contra Celsum 8.68
- Sirach 10:9 - John Chrysostom Homily 29 on Acts
- Sirach 10:13 - John Chrysostom Homily 29 on Acts
- Sirach 10:13 - Augustine City of God 14.13
- Sirach 11:4 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.11
- Sirach 11:28 - Augustine City of God 13.11
- Sirach 11:29 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 3.4
- Sirach 12:1 - Didache 1:6
- Sirach 14:1 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.7
- Sirach 14:5 - Augustine City of God 21.27
- Sirach 14:17 - Augustine City of God 16.27
- Sirach 15:9 - John Chrysostom Homily 35 on Acts
- Sirach 16:3 - John Chrysostom Homily 24 on Acts
- Sirach 16:3 - John Chrysostom Homily 26 on Acts
- Sirach 16:12 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.8
- Sirach 16:12 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.9
- Sirach 16:26 - Dionysius Miscellaneous Writings
- Sirach 18:13 - Origen Contra Celsum 4.28
- Sirach 18:13 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.9
- Sirach 18:30 - Methodius Banquet of the Ten Virgins 1.3
- Sirach 18:30 - Augustine Confessions 10.31
- Sirach 18:30 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.10
- Sirach 18:32 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.1
- Sirach 19:2 - Methodius Banquet of the Ten Virgins 1.3
- Sirach 19:22 - Clement of Alexandria Stromata 1.10
- Sirach 19:29 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 3.3
- Sirach 20:5 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.6
- Sirach 20:7 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 1.5
- Sirach 20:8 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.6
- Sirach 21:6 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.8
- Sirach 21:18 - Origen Contra Celsum 7.12
- Sirach 21:20 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2 5:5
- Sirach 21:21 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 3.11
- Sirach 21:27 - Origen Homilies on Joshua 15 6
- Sirach 22:6 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.8
- Sirach 22:21 - John Chrysostom Homily 40 on Acts
- Sirach 22:25 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 2.7
- Sirach 22:25 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 3.22
- Sirach 22:26 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 2.8
- Sirach 22:26 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 3.22
- Sirach 23:6 - Augustine Confessions 10.31
- Sirach 23:9 - John Chrysostom Homily 10 on Acts 1:9
- Sirach 23:18 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 1.54
- Sirach 23:18 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.10
- Sirach 24:3 - Augustine City of God 13.24
- Sirach 24:3 - Ambrose On the Christian Faith 1.17
- Sirach 24:3 - Ambrose On the Christian Faith 4.8
- Sirach 24:3 - Ambrose On the Holy Spirit 2.5
- Sirach 25:6 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 3.3
- Sirach 26:8 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.2
- Sirach 26:9 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 3.11
- Sirach 27:5 - Cyprian Treatises 7:13
- Sirach 27:5 - Cyprian Treatises 11:13
- Sirach 27:5 - Augustine City of God 21.26
- Sirach 27:12 - Clement of Alexandria Stromata 5.3
- Sirach 28:13 - Didache 2:4
- Sirach 28:24 - Ambrose On the Christian Faith 1.6
- Sirach 28:24-25 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 1.11
- Sirach 29:10 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 2.7
- Sirach 29:12 - Cyprian Treatises 8:5
- Sirach 30:8 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.9
- Sirach 30:12 - Augustine City of God 22.21
- Sirach 30:24 - Augustine City of God 10.6
- Sirach 30:24 - Augustine City of God 21.27
- Sirach 31:9 - Ambrose On the Duty of the Clergy 2.14
- Sirach 31:16 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.7
- Sirach 31:20 - John Chrysostom Homily 16 on Acts 1:8
- Sirach 31:20 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.2
- Sirach 31:25 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.2
- Sirach 31:27 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.2
- Sirach 31:29 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.2
- Sirach 31:31 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.7
- Sirach 32:11 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.7
- Sirach 32:17 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.9
- Sirach 33:6 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.13
- Sirach 33:15 - Augustine City of God 11.18
- Sirach 34:14 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 1.8
- Sirach 34:30 - Council of Carthage
- Sirach 36:1 - Augustine City of God 17.20
- Sirach 39:13 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.8
- Sirach 39:26 - Clement of Alexandria The Instructor 2.8
- Sirach 40:1 - Augustine City of God 21.14
- Sirach 47:23 - Ambrose On Repentance 2.5
- Sirach 51:26 - Didache 6:2
Rabbinic
- Sirach 3:21 - Chagigah 13a
- Sirach 3:21 - Genesis Rabbah 8:2
- Sirach 3:30 - Bava Batra 10a
- Sirach 5:11 - Pirkei Avot 1:15
- Sirach 7:10 - Eruvin 65a
- Sirach 7:17 - Pirkei Avot 4:4
- Sirach 11:1 - Jerusalem Berakhot 7.2
- Sirach 11:1 - Jerusalem Nazir 5.3
- Sirach 13:16 - Bava Kamma 92b
- Sirach 14:11 - Eruvin 54a
- Sirach 15:14 - Genesis Rabbah 9:7
- Sirach 21:22 - Niddah 16b
- Sirach 25:13 - Shabbat 11a
- Sirach 28:12 - Leviticus Rabbah 33
- Sirach 31:15 - Shabbat 31a
- Sirach 38:4 - Genesis Rabbah 10
- Sirach 42:9 - Sanhedrin 100b
- Sirach 44:19 - Tosefta Sotah 10:6