Sir 6:34 Stand in the multitude of the elders; and cleave unto him that is wise.

Sir 6:35 Be willing to hear every godly discourse; and let not the parables of understanding escape thee.

Sir 6:36 And if thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.

Sir 6:37 Let thy mind be upon the ordinances of the Lord and meditate continually in his commandments: he shall establish thine heart, and give thee wisdom at thine owns desire.

Sir 7:1 Do no evil, so shall no harm come unto thee.

Sir 7:2 Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee.

Sir 7:3 My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.

Sir 7:4 Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.

Sir 7:5 justify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king.

Sir 7:6 Seek not to be judge, being not able to take away iniquity; lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty, an stumblingblock in the way of thy uprightness.

Sir 7:7 Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thyself down among the people.

Sir 7:8 Bind not one sin upon another; for in one thou shalt not be unpunished.

Sir 7:9 Say not, God will look upon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it.

Sir 7:10 Be not fainthearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to give alms.

Sir 7:11 Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.

Sir 7:12 Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the like to thy friend.

Sir 7:13 Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.

Sir 7:14 Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.

Sir 7:15 Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.

Sir 7:16 Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.

Sir 7:17 Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.

Sir 7:18 Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.

Sir 7:19 Forego not a wise and good woman: for her grace is above gold.

Sir 7:20 Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil, nor the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee.

Sir 7:21 Let thy soul love a good servant, and defraud him not of liberty.

Sir 7:22 Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.

Sir 7:23 Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth.

Sir 7:24 Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thyself cheerful toward them.

Sir 7:25 Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.

Sir 7:26 Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.

Sir 7:27 Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.

Sir 7:28 Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?

Sir 7:29 Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests.

Sir 7:30 Love him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not his ministers.

Sir 7:31 Fear the Lord, and honor the priest; and give him his portion, as it is commanded thee; the firstfruits, and the trespass offering, and the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things.

Sir 7:32 And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.

Sir 7:33 A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.

Sir 7:34 Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn.

Sir 7:35 Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.

Sir 7:36 Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.

Sir 8:1 Strive not with a mighty man' lest thou fall into his hands.

Sir 8:2 Be not at variance with a rich man, lest he overweigh thee: for gold hath destroyed many, and perverted the hearts of kings.

Sir 8:3 Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.

Sir 8:4 Jest not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be disgraced.

Sir 8:5 Reproach not a man that turneth from sin, but remember that we are all worthy of punishment.

Sir 8:6 Dishonour not a man in his old age: for even some of us wax old.

Sir 8:7 Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy being dead, but remember that we die all.

Sir 8:8 Despise not the discourse of the wise, but acquaint thyself with their proverbs: for of them thou shalt learn instruction, and how to serve great men with ease.

Sir 8:9 Miss not the discourse of the elders: for they also learned of their fathers, and of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give answer as need requireth.

Sir 8:10 Kindle not the coals of a sinner, lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire.

Sir 8:11 Rise not up [in anger] at the presence of an injurious person, lest he lie in wait to entrap thee in thy words

Sir 8:12 Lend not unto him that is mightier than thyself; for if thou lendest him, count it but lost.

Sir 8:13 Be not surety above thy power: for if thou be surety, take care to pay it.

Sir 8:14 Go not to law with a judge; for they will judge for him according to his honour.

Sir 8:15 Travel not by the way with a bold fellow, lest he become grievous unto thee: for he will do according to his own will, and thou shalt perish with him through his folly.

Sir 8:16 Strive not with an angry man, and go not with him into a solitary place: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help, he will overthrow thee.

Sir 8:17 Consult not with a fool; for he cannot keep counsel.

Sir 8:18 Do no secret thing before a stranger; for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.

Sir 8:19 Open not thine heart to every man, lest he requite thee with a shrewd turn.

Sir 9:1 Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.

Sir 9:2 Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance.

Sir 9:3 Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.

Sir 9:4 Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts.

Sir 9:5 Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.

Sir 9:6 Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance.

Sir 9:7 Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof.

Sir 9:8 Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.

Sir 9:9 Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor sit down with her in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine; lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction.

Sir 9:10 Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.

Sir 9:11 Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.

Sir 9:12 Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.

Sir 9:13 Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.

Sir 9:14 As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult with the wise.

Sir 9:15 Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High.

Sir 9:16 And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.

Sir 9:17 For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.

Sir 9:18 A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.

Sir 10:1 A wise judge will instruct his people; and the government of a prudent man is well ordered.

Sir 10:2 As the judge of the people is himself, so are his officers; and what manner of man the ruler of the city is, such are all they that dwell therein.

Sir 10:3 An unwise king destroyeth his people; but through the prudence of them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited.

Sir 10:4 The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time he will set over it one that is profitable.

Sir 10:5 In the hand of God is the prosperity of man: and upon the person of the scribe shall he lay his honour.

Sir 10:6 Bear not hatred to thy neighbour for every wrong; and do nothing at all by injurious practices.

Sir 10:7 Pride is hateful before God and man: and by both doth one commit iniquity.

Sir 10:8 Because of unrighteous dealings, injuries, and riches got by deceit, the kingdom is translated from one people to another.

Sir 10:9 Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.

Sir 10:10 The physician cutteth off a long disease; and he that is to day a king to morrow shall die.

Sir 10:11 For when a man is dead, he shall inherit creeping things, beasts, and worms.

Sir 10:12 The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God, and his heart is turned away from his Maker.

Sir 10:13 For pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour out abomination: and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities, and overthrew them utterly.

Sir 10:14 The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes, and set up the meek in their stead.

Sir 10:15 The Lord hath plucked up the roots of the proud nations, and planted the lowly in their place.

Sir 10:16 The Lord overthrew countries of the heathen, and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.

Sir 10:17 He took some of them away, and destroyed them, and hath made their memorial to cease from the earth.

Sir 10:18 Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman.

Sir 10:19 They that fear the Lord are a sure seed, and they that love him an honourable plant: they that regard not the law are a dishonourable seed; they that transgress the commandments are a deceivable seed.

Sir 10:20 Among brethren he that is chief is honorable; so are they that fear the Lord in his eyes.

Sir 10:21 The fear of the Lord goeth before the obtaining of authority: but roughness and pride is the losing thereof.

Sir 10:22 Whether he be rich, noble, or poor, their glory is the fear of the Lord.

Sir 10:23 It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding; neither is it convenient to magnify a sinful man.

Sir 10:24 Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured; yet is there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.

Sir 10:25 Unto the servant that is wise shall they that are free do service: and he that hath knowledge will not grudge when he is reformed.

Sir 10:26 Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in the time of thy distress.

Sir 10:27 Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.

Sir 10:28 My son, glorify thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to the dignity thereof.

Sir 10:29 Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own life?

Sir 10:30 The poor man is honoured for his skill, and the rich man is honoured for his riches.

Sir 10:31 He that is honoured in poverty, how much more in riches? and he that is dishonourable in riches, how much more in poverty?

Sir 11:1 Wisdom lifteth up the head of him that is of low degree, and maketh him to sit among great men.

Sir 11:2 Commend not a man for his beauty; neither abhor a man for his outward appearance.

Sir 11:3 The bee is little among such as fly; but her fruit is the chief of sweet things.

Sir 11:4 Boast not of thy clothing and raiment, and exalt not thyself in the day of honour: for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his works among men are hidden.

Sir 11:5 Many kings have sat down upon the ground; and one that was never thought of hath worn the crown.

Sir 11:6 Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced; and the honourable delivered into other men's hands.

Sir 11:7 Blame not before thou hast examined the truth: understand first, and then rebuke.

Sir 11:8 Answer not before thou hast heard the cause: neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk.

Sir 11:9 Strive not in a matter that concerneth thee not; and sit not in judgment with sinners.

Sir 11:10 My son, meddle not with many matters: for if thou meddle much, thou shalt not be innocent; and if thou follow after, thou shalt not obtain, neither shalt thou escape by fleeing.

Sir 11:11 There is one that laboureth, and taketh pains, and maketh haste, and is so much the more behind.

Sir 11:12 Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, wanting ability, and full of poverty; yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good, and set him up from his low estate,

Sir 11:13 And lifted up his head from misery; so that many that saw from him is peace over all the

Sir 11:14 Prosperity and adversity, life and death, poverty and riches, come of the Lord.

Sir 11:15 Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the law, are of the Lord: love, and the way of good works, are from him.

Sir 11:16 Error and darkness had their beginning together with sinners: and evil shall wax old with them that glory therein.

Sir 11:17 The gift of the Lord remaineth with the ungodly, and his favour bringeth prosperity for ever.

Sir 11:18 There is that waxeth rich by his wariness and pinching, and this his the portion of his reward:

Sir 11:19 Whereas he saith, I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods; and yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.

Sir 11:20 Be stedfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and wax old in thy work.

Sir 11:21 Marvel not at the works of sinners; but trust in the Lord, and abide in thy labour: for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord on the sudden to make a poor man rich.

Sir 11:22 The blessing of the Lord is in the reward of the godly, and suddenly he maketh his blessing flourish.

Sir 11:23 Say not, What profit is there of my service? and what good things shall I have hereafter?

Sir 11:24 Again, say not, I have enough, and possess many things, and what evil shall I have hereafter?

Sir 11:25 In the day of prosperity there is a forgetfulness of affliction: and in the day of affliction there is no more remembrance of prosperity.

Sir 11:26 For it is an easy thing unto the Lord in the day of death to reward a man according to his ways.

Sir 11:27 The affliction of an hour maketh a man forget pleasure: and in his end his deeds shall be discovered.

Sir 11:28 Judge none blessed before his death: for a man shall be known in his children.

Sir 11:29 Bring not every man into thine house: for the deceitful man hath many trains.

Sir 11:30 Like as a partridge taken [and kept] in a cage, so is the heart of the proud; and like as a spy, watcheth he for thy fall:

Sir 11:31 For he lieth in wait, and turneth good into evil, and in things worthy praise will lay blame upon thee.

Sir 11:32 Of a spark of fire a heap of coals is kindled: and a sinful man layeth wait for blood.

Sir 11:33 Take heed of a mischievous man, for he worketh wickedness; lest he bring upon thee a perpetual blot.

Sir 11:34 Receive a stranger into thine house, and he will disturb thee, and turn thee out of thine own.

Sir 12:1 When thou wilt do good know to whom thou doest it; so shalt thou be thanked for thy benefits.

Sir 12:2 Do good to the godly man, and thou shalt find a recompence; and if not from him, yet from the most High.

Sir 12:3 There can no good come to him that is always occupied in evil, nor to him that giveth no alms.

Sir 12:4 Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner.

Sir 12:5 Do well unto him that is lowly, but give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not unto him, lest he overmaster thee thereby: for [else] thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done unto him.

Sir 12:6 For the most High hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance unto the ungodly, and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment.

Sir 12:7 Give unto the good, and help not the sinner.

Sir 12:8 A friend cannot be known in prosperity: and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.

Sir 12:9 In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will depart.

Sir 12:10 Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness.

Sir 12:11 Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a lookingglass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away.

Sir 12:12 Set him not by thee, lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; neither let him sit at thy right hand, lest he seek to take thy seat, and thou at the last remember my words, and be pricked therewith.

Sir 12:13 Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, or any such as come nigh wild beasts?

Sir 12:14 So one that goeth to a sinner, and is defiled with him in his sins, who will pity?

Sir 12:15 For a while he will abide with thee, but if thou begin to fall, he will not tarry.

Sir 12:16 An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he imagineth how to throw thee into a pit: he will weep with his eyes, but if he find opportunity, he will not be satisfied with blood.

Sir 12:17 If adversity come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first; and though he pretend to help thee, yet shall he undermine thee.

Sir 12:18 He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.

Sir 13:1 He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him.

Sir 13:2 Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.

Sir 13:3 The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threateneth withal: the poor is wronged, and he must intreat also.

Sir 13:4 If thou be for his profit, he will use thee: but if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.

Sir 13:5 If thou have any thing, he will live with thee: yea, he will make thee bare, and will not be sorry for it.

Sir 13:6 If he have need of thee, he will deceive thee, and smile upon thee, and put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and say, What wantest thou?

Sir 13:7 And he will shame thee by his meats, until he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at the last he will laugh thee to scorn afterward, when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.

Sir 13:8 Beware that thou be not deceived and brought down in thy jollity.

Sir 13:9 If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself, and so much the more will he invite thee.

Sir 13:10 Press thou not upon him, lest thou be put back; stand not far off, lest thou be forgotten.

Sir 13:11 Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk, and believe not his many words: for with much communication will he tempt thee, and smiling upon thee will get out thy secrets:

Sir 13:12 But cruelly he will lay up thy words, and will not spare to do thee hurt, and to put thee in prison.

Sir 13:13 Observe, and take good heed, for thou walkest in peril of thy overthrowing: when thou hearest these things, awake in thy sleep.

Sir 13:14 Love the Lord all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.

Sir 13:15 Every beast loveth his like, and every man loveth his neighbor.

Sir 13:16 All flesh consorteth according to kind, and a man will cleave to his like.

Sir 13:17 What fellowship hath the wolf with the lamb? so the sinner with the godly.

Sir 13:18 What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor?

Sir 13:19 As the wild ass is the lion's prey in the wilderness: so the rich eat up the poor.

Sir 13:20 As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich abhor the poor.

Sir 13:21 A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends.

Sir 13:22 When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him: the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place.

Sir 13:23 When a rich man speaketh, every man holdeth his tongue, and, look, what he saith, they extol it to the clouds: but if the poor man speak, they say, What fellow is this? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him.

Sir 13:24 Riches are good unto him that hath no sin, and poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly.

Sir 13:25 The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil: and a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

Sir 13:26 A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity; and the finding out of parables is a wearisome labour of the mind.

Sir 14:1 Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins.

Sir 14:2 Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.

Sir 14:3 Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money?

Sir 14:4 He that gathereth by defrauding his own soul gathereth for others, that shall spend his goods riotously.

Sir 14:5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods.

Sir 14:6 There is none worse than he that envieth himself; and this is a recompence of his wickedness.

Sir 14:7 And if he doeth good, he doeth it unwillingly; and at the last he will declare his wickedness.

Sir 14:8 The envious man hath a wicked eye; he turneth away his face, and despiseth men.

Sir 14:9 A covetous man's eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul.

Sir 14:10 A wicked eye envieth [his] bread, and he is a niggard at his table.

Sir 14:11 My son, according to thy ability do good to thyself, and give the Lord his due offering.

Sir 14:12 Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee.

Sir 14:13 Do good unto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give to him.

Sir 14:14 Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee.

Sir 14:15 Shalt thou not leave thy travails unto another? and thy labours to be divided by lot?

Sir 14:16 Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul; for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave.

Sir 14:17 All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is, Thou shalt die the death.

Sir 14:18 As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.

Sir 14:19 Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.

Sir 14:20 Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom, and that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding.

Sir 14:21 He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets.

Sir 14:22 Go after her as one that traceth, and lie in wait in her ways.

Sir 14:23 He that prieth in at her windows shall also hearken at her doors.

Sir 14:24 He that doth lodge near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls.

Sir 14:25 He shall pitch his tent nigh unto her, and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are.

Sir 14:26 He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches.

Sir 14:27 By her he shall be covered from heat, and in her glory shall he dwell.

Sir 15:1 He that feareth the Lord will do good, and he that hath the knowledge of the law shall obtain her.

Sir 15:2 And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.

Sir 15:3 With the bread of understanding shall she feed him, and give him the water of wisdom to drink.

Sir 15:4 He shall be stayed upon her, and shall not be moved; and shall rely upon her, and shall not be confounded.

Sir 15:5 She shall exalt him above his neighbours, and in the midst of the congregation shall she open his mouth.

Sir 15:6 He shall find joy and a crown of gladness, and she shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.

Sir 15:7 But foolish men shall not attain unto her, and sinners shall not see her.

Sir 15:8 For she is far from pride, and men that are liars cannot remember her.

Sir 15:9 Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord.

Sir 15:10 For praise shall be uttered in wisdom, and the Lord will prosper it.

Sir 15:11 Say not thou, It is through the Lord that I fell away: for thou oughtest not to do the things that he hateth.

Sir 15:12 Say not thou, He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of the sinful man.

Sir 15:13 The Lord hateth all abomination; and they that fear God love it not.

Sir 15:14 He himself made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his counsel;

Sir 15:15 If thou wilt, to keep the commandments, and to perform acceptable faithfulness.

Sir 15:16 He hath set fire and water before thee: stretch forth thy hand unto whether thou wilt.

Sir 15:17 Before man is life and death; and whether him liketh shall be given him.

Sir 15:18 For the wisdom of the Lord is great, and he is mighty in power, and beholdeth all things:

Sir 15:19 And his eyes are upon them that fear him, and he knoweth every work of man.

Sir 15:20 He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, neither hath he given any man licence to sin.

Sir 16:1 Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.

Sir 16:2 Though they multiply, rejoice not in them, except the fear of the Lord be with them.

Sir 16:3 Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.

Sir 16:4 For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished: but the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.

Sir 16:5 Many such things have I seen with mine eyes, and mine ear hath heard greater things than these.

Sir 16:6 In the congregation of the ungodly shall a fire be kindled; and in a rebellious nation wrath is set on fire.

Sir 16:7 He was not pacified toward the old giants, who fell away in the strength of their foolishness.

Sir 16:8 Neither spared he the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for their pride.

Sir 16:9 He pitied not the people of perdition, who were taken away in their sins:

Sir 16:10 Nor the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts.

Sir 16:11 And if there be one stiffnecked among the people, it is marvel if he escape unpunished: for mercy and wrath are with him; he is mighty to forgive, and to pour out displeasure.

Sir 16:12 As his mercy is great, so is his correction also: he judgeth a man according to his works

Sir 16:13 The sinner shall not escape with his spoils: and the patience of the godly shall not be frustrate.

Sir 16:14 Make way for every work of mercy: for every man shall find according to his works.

Sir 16:15 The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that he should not know him, that his powerful works might be known to the world.

Sir 16:16 His mercy is manifest to every creature; and he hath separated his light from the darkness with an adamant.

Sir 16:17 Say not thou, I will hide myself from the Lord: shall any remember me from above? I shall not be remembered among so many people: for what is my soul among such an infinite number of creatures?

Sir 16:18 Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the deep, and the earth, and all that therein is, shall be moved when he shall visit.

Sir 16:19 The mountains also and foundations of the earth be shaken with trembling, when the Lord looketh upon them.

Sir 16:20 No heart can think upon these things worthily: and who is able to conceive his ways?

Sir 16:21 It is a tempest which no man can see: for the most part of his works are hid.

Sir 16:22 Who can declare the works of his justice? or who can endure them? for his covenant is afar off, and the trial of all things is in the end.

Sir 16:23 He that wanteth understanding will think upon vain things: and a foolish man erring imagineth follies.

Sir 16:24 by son, hearken unto me, and learn knowledge, and mark my words with thy heart.

Sir 16:25 I will shew forth doctrine in weight, and declare his knowledge exactly.

Sir 16:26 The works of the Lord are done in judgment from the beginning: and from the time he made them he disposed the parts thereof.

Sir 16:27 He garnished his works for ever, and in his hand are the chief of them unto all generations: they neither labour, nor are weary, nor cease from their works.

Sir 16:28 None of them hindereth another, and they shall never disobey his word.

Sir 16:29 After this the Lord looked upon the earth, and filled it with his blessings.

Sir 16:30 With all manner of living things hath he covered the face thereof; and they shall return into it again.

Sir 17:1 The Lord created man of the earth, and turned him into it again.

Sir 17:2 He gave them few days, and a short time, and power also over the things therein.

Sir 17:3 He endued them with strength by themselves, and made them according to his image,

Sir 17:4 And put the fear of man upon all flesh, and gave him dominion over beasts and fowls.

Sir 17:5 They received the use of the five operations of the Lord, and in the sixth place he imparted them understanding, and in the seventh speech, an interpreter of the cogitations thereof.]

Sir 17:6 Counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, ears, and a heart, gave he them to understand.

Sir 17:7 Withal he filled them with the knowledge of understanding, and shewed them good and evil.

Sir 17:8 He set his eye upon their hearts, that he might shew them the greatness of his works.

Sir 17:9 He gave them to glory in his marvellous acts for ever, that they might declare his works with understanding.

Sir 17:10 And the elect shall praise his holy name.

Sir 17:11 Beside this he gave them knowledge, and the law of life for an heritage.

Sir 17:12 He made an everlasting covenant with them, and shewed them his judgments.

Sir 17:13 Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his glorious voice.

Sir 17:14 And he said unto them, Beware of all unrighteousness; and he gave every man commandment concerning his neighbour.

Sir 17:15 Their ways are ever before him, and shall not be hid from his eyes.

Sir 17:16 Every man from his youth is given to evil; neither could they make to themselves fleshy hearts for stony.

Sir 17:17 For in the division of the nations of the whole earth he set a ruler over every people; but Israel is the Lord's portion:

Sir 17:18 Whom, being his firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love doth not forsake him.

Sir 17:19 Therefore all their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.

Sir 17:20 None of their unrighteous deeds are hid from him, but all their sins are before the Lord

Sir 17:21 But the Lord being gracious and knowing his workmanship, neither left nor forsook them, but spared them.

Sir 17:22 The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and he will keep the good deeds of man as the apple of the eye, and give repentance to his sons and daughters.

Sir 17:23 Afterwards he will rise up and reward them, and render their recompence upon their heads.

Sir 17:24 But unto them that repent, he granted them return, and comforted those that failed in patience.

Sir 17:25 Return unto the Lord, and forsake thy sins, make thy prayer before his face, and offend less.

Sir 17:26 Turn again to the most High, and turn away from iniquity: for he will lead thee out of darkness into the light of health, and hate thou abomination vehemently.

Sir 17:27 Who shall praise the most High in the grave, instead of them which live and give thanks?

Sir 17:28 Thanksgiving perisheth from the dead, as from one that is not: the living and sound in heart shall praise the Lord.

Sir 17:29 How great is the lovingkindness of the Lord our God, and his compassion unto such as turn unto him in holiness!

Sir 17:30 For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal.

Sir 17:31 What is brighter than the sun? yet the light thereof faileth; and flesh and blood will imagine evil.

Sir 17:32 He vieweth the power of the height of heaven; and all men are but earth and ashes.

Sir 18:1 He that liveth for ever Hath created all things in general.

Sir 18:2 The Lord only is righteous, and there is none other but he,

Sir 18:3 Who governeth the world with the palm of his hand, and all things obey his will: for he is the King of all, by his power dividing holy things among them from profane.

Sir 18:4 To whom hath he given power to declare his works? and who shall find out his noble acts?

Sir 18:5 Who shall number the strength of his majesty? and who shall also tell out his mercies?

Sir 18:6 As for the wondrous works of the Lord, there may nothing be taken from them, neither may any thing be put unto them, neither can the ground of them be found out.

Sir 18:7 When a man hath done, then he beginneth; and when he leaveth off, then he shall be doubtful.

Sir 18:8 What is man, and whereto serveth he? what is his good, and what is his evil?

Sir 18:9 The number of a man's days at the most are an hundred years.

Sir 18:10 As a drop of water unto the sea, and a gravelstone in comparison of the sand; so are a thousand years to the days of eternity.

Sir 18:11 Therefore is God patient with them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them.

Sir 18:12 He saw and perceived their end to be evil; therefore he multiplied his compassion.

Sir 18:13 The mercy of man is toward his neighbour; but the mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh: he reproveth, and nurtureth, and teacheth and bringeth again, as a shepherd his flock.

Sir 18:14 He hath mercy on them that receive discipline, and that diligently seek after his judgments.

Sir 18:15 My son, blemish not thy good deeds, neither use uncomfortable words when thou givest any thing.

Sir 18:16 Shall not the dew asswage the heat? so is a word better than a gift.

Sir 18:17 Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a gracious man.

Sir 18:18 A fool will upbraid churlishly, and a gift of the envious consumeth the eyes.

Sir 18:19 Learn before thou speak, and use physick or ever thou be sick.

Sir 18:20 Before judgment examine thyself, and in the day of visitation thou shalt find mercy.

Sir 18:21 Humble thyself before thou be sick, and in the time of sins shew repentance.

Sir 18:22 Let nothing hinder thee to pay thy vow in due time, and defer not until death to be justified.

Sir 18:23 Before thou prayest, prepare thyself; and be not as one that tempteth the Lord.

Sir 18:24 Think upon the wrath that shall be at the end, and the time of vengeance, when he shall turn away his face.

Sir 18:25 When thou hast enough, remember the time of hunger: and when thou art rich, think upon poverty and need.

Sir 18:26 From the morning until the evening the time is changed, and all things are soon done before the Lord.

Sir 18:27 A wise man will fear in every thing, and in the day of sinning he will beware of offence: but a fool will not observe time.

Sir 18:28 Every man of understanding knoweth wisdom, and will give praise unto him that found her.

Sir 18:29 They that were of understanding in sayings became also wise themselves, and poured forth exquisite parables.

Sir 18:30 Go not after thy lusts, but refrain thyself from thine appetites.

Sir 18:31 If thou givest thy soul the desires that please her, she will make thee a laughingstock to thine enemies that malign thee.

Sir 18:32 Take not pleasure in much good cheer, neither be tied to the expence thereof.

Sir 18:33 Be not made a beggar by banqueting upon borrowing, when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt lie in wait for thine own life, and be talked on.

Sir 19:1 A labouring man that A is given to drunkenness shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.

Sir 19:2 Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away: and he that cleaveth to harlots will become impudent.

Sir 19:3 Moths and worms shall have him to heritage, and a bold man shall be taken away.

Sir 19:4 He that is hasty to give credit is lightminded; and he that sinneth shall offend against his own soul.

Sir 19:5 Whoso taketh pleasure in wickedness shall be condemned: but he that resisteth pleasures crowneth his life.

Sir 19:6 He that can rule his tongue shall live without strife; and he that hateth babbling shall have less evil.

Sir 19:7 Rehearse not unto another that which is told unto thee, and thou shalt fare never the worse.

Sir 19:8 Whether it be to friend or foe, talk not of other men's lives; and if thou canst without offence, reveal them not.

Sir 19:9 For he heard and observed thee, and when time cometh he will hate thee.

Sir 19:10 If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee; and be bold, it will not burst thee.

Sir 19:11 A fool travaileth with a word, as a woman in labour of a child.

Sir 19:12 As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh, so is a word within a fool's belly.

Sir 19:13 Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: and if he have done it, that he do it no more.

Sir 19:14 Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: and if he have, that he speak it not again.

Sir 19:15 Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.

Sir 19:16 There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart; and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue?

Sir 19:17 Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him; and not being angry, give place to the law of the most High.

Sir 19:18 The fear of the Lord is the first step to be accepted [of him,] and wisdom obtaineth his love.

Sir 19:19 The knowledge of the commandments of the Lord is the doctrine of life: and they that do things that please him shall receive the fruit of the tree of immortality.

Sir 19:20 The fear of the Lord is all wisdom; and in all wisdom is the performance of the law, and the knowledge of his omnipotency.

Sir 19:21 If a servant say to his master, I will not do as it pleaseth thee; though afterward he do it, he angereth him that nourisheth him.

Sir 19:22 The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, neither at any time the counsel of sinners prudence.

Sir 19:23 There is a wickedness, and the same an abomination; and there is a fool wanting in wisdom.

Sir 19:24 He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, is better than one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the most High.

Sir 19:25 There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust; and there is one that turneth aside to make judgment appear; and there is a wise man that justifieth in judgment.

Sir 19:26 There is a wicked man that hangeth down his head sadly; but inwardly he is full of deceit,

Sir 19:27 Casting down his countenance, and making as if he heard not: where he is not known, he will do thee a mischief before thou be aware.

Sir 19:28 And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil.

Sir 19:29 A man may be known by his look, and one that hath understanding by his countenance, when thou meetest him.

Sir 19:30 A man's attire, and excessive laughter, and gait, shew what he is.

Sir 20:1 There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.

Sir 20:2 It is much better to reprove, than to be angry secretly: and he that confesseth his fault shall be preserved from hurt.

Sir 20:3 How good is it, when thou art reproved, to shew repentance! for so shalt thou escape wilful sin.

Sir 20:4 As is the lust of an eunuch to deflower a virgin; so is he that executeth judgment with violence.

Sir 20:5 There is one that keepeth silence, and is found wise: and another by much babbling becometh hateful.

Sir 20:6 Some man holdeth his tongue, because he hath not to answer: and some keepeth silence, knowing his time.

Sir 20:7 A wise man will hold his tongue till he see opportunity: but a babbler and a fool will regard no time.

Sir 20:8 He that useth many words shall be abhorred; and he that taketh to himself authority therein shall be hated.

Sir 20:9 There is a sinner that hath good success in evil things; and there is a gain that turneth to loss.

Sir 20:10 There is a gift that shall not profit thee; and there is a gift whose recompence is double.

Sir 20:11 There is an abasement because of glory; and there is that lifteth up his head from a low estate.

Sir 20:12 There is that buyeth much for a little, and repayeth it sevenfold.

Sir 20:13 A wise man by his words maketh him beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out.

Sir 20:14 The gift of a fool shall do thee no good when thou hast it; neither yet of the envious for his necessity: for he looketh to receive many things for one.

Sir 20:15 He giveth little, and upbraideth much; he openeth his mouth like a crier; to day he lendeth, and to morrow will he ask it again: such an one is to be hated of God and man.

Sir 20:16 The fool saith, I have no friends, I have no thank for all my good deeds, and they that eat my bread speak evil of me.

Sir 20:17 How oft, and of how many shall he be laughed to scorn! for he knoweth not aright what it is to have; and it is all one unto him as if he had it not.

Sir 20:18 To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

Sir 20:19 An unseasonable tale will always be in the mouth of the unwise.

Sir 20:20 A wise sentence shall be rejected when it cometh out of a fool's mouth; for he will not speak it in due season.

Sir 20:21 There is that is hindered from sinning through want: and when he taketh rest, he shall not be troubled.

Sir 20:22 There is that destroyeth his own soul through bashfulness, and by accepting of persons overthroweth himself.

Sir 20:23 There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.

Sir 20:24 A lie is a foul blot in a man, yet it is continually in the mouth of the untaught.

Sir 20:25 A thief is better than a man that is accustomed to lie: but they both shall have destruction to heritage.

Sir 20:26 The disposition of a liar is dishonourable, and his shame is ever with him.

Sir 20:27 A wise man shall promote himself to honour with his words: and he that hath understanding will please great men.

Sir 20:28 He that tilleth his land shall increase his heap: and he that pleaseth great men shall get pardon for iniquity.

Sir 20:29 Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and stop up his mouth that he cannot reprove.

Sir 20:30 Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is hoarded up, what profit is in them both?

Sir 20:31 Better is he that hideth his folly than a man that hideth his wisdom.

Sir 20:32 Necessary patience in seeking ing the Lord is better than he that leadeth his life without a guide.

Sir 21:1 My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more, but ask pardon for thy former sins.

Sir 21:2 Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest too near it, it will bite thee: the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, slaying the souls of men.

Sir 21:3 All iniquity is as a two edged sword, the wounds whereof cannot be healed.

Sir 21:4 To terrify and do wrong will waste riches: thus the house of proud men shall be made desolate.

Sir 21:5 A prayer out of a poor man's mouth reacheth to the ears of God, and his judgment cometh speedily.

Sir 21:6 He that hateth to be reproved is in the way of sinners: but he that feareth the Lord will repent from his heart.

Sir 21:7 An eloquent man is known far and near; but a man of understanding knoweth when he slippeth.

Sir 21:8 He that buildeth his house with other men's money is like one that gathereth himself stones for the tomb of his burial.

Sir 21:9 The congregation of the wicked is like tow wrapped together: and the end of them is a flame of fire to destroy them.

Sir 21:10 The way of sinners is made plain with stones, but at the end thereof is the pit of hell.

Sir 21:11 He that keepeth the law of the Lord getteth the understanding thereof: and the perfection of the fear of the Lord is wisdom.

Sir 21:12 He that is not wise will not be taught: but there is a wisdom which multiplieth bitterness.

Sir 21:13 The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood: and his counsel is like a pure fountain of life.

Sir 21:14 The inner parts of a fool are like a broken vessel, and he will hold no knowledge as long as he liveth.

Sir 21:15 If a skilful man hear a wise word, he will commend it, and add unto it: but as soon as one of no understanding heareth it, it displeaseth him, and he casteth it behind his back.

Sir 21:16 The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but grace shall be found in the lips of the wise.

Sir 21:17 They enquire at the mouth of the wise man in the congregation, and they shall ponder his words in their heart.

Sir 21:18 As is a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.

Sir 21:19 Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.

Sir 21:20 A fool lifteth up his voice with laughter; but a wise man doth scarce smile a little.

Sir 21:21 Learning is unto a wise man as an ornament of gold, and like a bracelet upon his right arm.

Sir 21:22 A foolish man's foot is soon in his [neighbour's] house: but a man of experience is ashamed of him.

Sir 21:23 A fool will peep in at the door into the house: but he that is well nurtured will stand without.

Sir 21:24 It is the rudeness of a man to hearken at the door: but a wise man will be grieved with the disgrace.

Sir 21:25 The lips of talkers will be telling such things as pertain not unto them: but the words of such as have understanding are weighed in the balance.

Sir 21:26 The heart of fools is in their mouth: but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.

Sir 21:27 When the ungodly curseth Satan, he curseth his own soul.

Sir 21:28 A whisperer defileth his own soul, and is hated wheresoever he dwelleth.

Sir 22:1 A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace.

Sir 22:2 A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand.

Sir 22:3 An evilnurtured man is the dishonour of his father that begat him: and a [foolish] daughter is born to his loss.

Sir 22:4 A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that liveth dishonestly is her father's heaviness.

Sir 22:5 She that is bold dishonoureth both her father and her husband, but they both shall despise her.

Sir 22:6 A tale out of season [is as] musick in mourning: but stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time.

Sir 22:7 Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep.

Sir 22:8 He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber: when he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter?

Sir 22:9 If children live honestly, and have wherewithal, they shall cover the baseness of their parents.

Sir 22:10 But children, being haughty, through disdain and want of nurture do stain the nobility of their kindred.

Sir 22:11 Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for the fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for he is at rest: but the life of the fool is worse than death.

Sir 22:12 Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of his life.

Sir 22:13 Talk not much with a fool, and go not to him that hath no understanding: beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, and never be disquieted with madness.

Sir 22:14 What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a fool?

Sir 22:15 Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, than a man without understanding.

Sir 22:16 As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be loosed with shaking: so the heart that is stablished by advised counsel shall fear at no time.

Sir 22:17 A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery.

Sir 22:18 Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.

Sir 22:19 He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall: and he that pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge.

Sir 22:20 Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away: and he that upbraideth his friend breaketh friendship.

Sir 22:21 Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not: for there may be a returning [to favour.]

Sir 22:22 If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend, fear not; for there may be a reconciliation: except for upbraiding, or pride, or disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for for these things every friend will depart.

Sir 22:23 Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayest rejoice in his prosperity: abide stedfast unto him in the time of his trouble, that thou mayest be heir with him in his heritage: for a mean estate is not always to be contemned: nor the rich that is foolish to be had in admiration.

Sir 22:24 As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so reviling before blood.

Sir 22:25 I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide myself from him.

Sir 22:26 And if any evil happen unto me by him, every one that heareth it will beware of him.

Sir 22:27 Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?

Sir 23:1 O Lord, Father and Governor of all my whole life, leave me not to their counsels, and let me not fall by them.

Sir 23:2 Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over mine heart? that they spare me not for mine ignorances, and it pass not by my sins:

Sir 23:3 Lest mine ignorances increase, and my sins abound to my destruction, and I fall before mine adversaries, and mine enemy rejoice over me, whose hope is far from thy mercy.

Sir 23:4 O Lord, Father and God of my life, give me not a proud look, but turn away from thy servants always a haughty mind.

Sir 23:5 Turn away from me vain hopes and concupiscence, and thou shalt hold him up that is desirous always to serve thee.

Sir 23:6 Let not the greediness of the belly nor lust of the flesh take hold of me; and give not over me thy servant into an impudent mind.

Sir 23:7 Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it shall never be taken in his lips.

Sir 23:8 The sinner shall be left in his foolishness: both the evil speaker and the proud shall fall thereby.

Sir 23:9 Accustom not thy mouth to swearing; neither use thyself to the naming of the Holy One.

Sir 23:10 For as a servant that is continually beaten shall not be without a blue mark: so he that sweareth and nameth God continually shall not be faultless.

Sir 23:11 A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, and the plague shall never depart from his house: if he shall offend, his sin shall be upon him: and if he acknowledge not his sin, he maketh a double offence: and if he swear in vain, he shall not be innocent, but his house shall be full of calamities.

Sir 23:12 There is a word that is clothed about with death: God grant that it be not found in the heritage of Jacob; for all such things shall be far from the godly, and they shall not wallow in their sins.

Sir 23:13 Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing, for therein is the word of sin.

Sir 23:14 Remember thy father and thy mother, when thou sittest among great men. Be not forgetful before them, and so thou by thy custom become a fool, and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse they day of thy nativity.

Sir 23:15 The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words will never be reformed all the days of his life.

Sir 23:16 Two sorts of men multiply sin, and the third will bring wrath: a hot mind is as a burning fire, it will never be quenched till it be consumed: a fornicator in the body of his flesh will never cease till he hath kindled a fire.

Sir 23:17 All bread is sweet to a whoremonger, he will not leave off till he die.

Sir 23:18 A man that breaketh wedlock, saying thus in his heart, Who seeth me? I am compassed about with darkness, the walls cover me, and no body seeth me; what need I to fear? the most High will not remember my sins:

Sir 23:19 Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, and considering the most secret parts.

Sir 23:20 He knew all things ere ever they were created; so also after they were perfected he looked upon them all.

Sir 23:21 This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and where he suspecteth not he shall be taken.

Sir 23:22 Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another.

Sir 23:23 For first, she hath disobeyed the law of the most High; and secondly, she hath trespassed against her own husband; and thirdly, she hath played the whore in adultery, and brought children by another man.

Sir 23:24 She shall be brought out into the congregation, and inquisition shall be made of her children.

Sir 23:25 Her children shall not take root, and her branches shall bring forth no fruit.

Sir 23:26 She shall leave her memory to be cursed, and her reproach shall not be blotted out.

Sir 23:27 And they that remain shall know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord, and that there is nothing sweeter than to take heed unto the commandments of the Lord.

Sir 23:28 It is great glory to follow the Lord, and to be received of him is long life.

Sir 24:1 Wisdom shall praise herself, and shall glory in the midst of her people.

Sir 24:2 In the congregation of the most High shall she open her mouth, and triumph before his power.

Sir 24:3 I came out of the mouth of the most High, and covered the earth as a cloud.

Sir 24:4 I dwelt in high places, and my throne is in a cloudy pillar.

Sir 24:5 I alone compassed the circuit of heaven, and walked in the bottom of the deep.

Sir 24:6 In the waves of the sea and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I got a possession.

Sir 24:7 With all these I sought rest: and in whose inheritance shall I abide?

Sir 24:8 So the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and he that made me caused my tabernacle to rest, and said, Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thine inheritance in Israel.

Sir 24:9 He created me from the beginning before the world, and I shall never fail.

Sir 24:10 In the holy tabernacle I served before him; and so was I established in Sion.

Sir 24:11 Likewise in the beloved city he gave me rest, and in Jerusalem was my power.

Sir 24:12 And I took root in an honourable people, even in the portion of the Lord's inheritance.

Sir 24:13 I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree upon the mountains of Hermon.

Sir 24:14 I was exalted like a palm tree in En-gaddi, and as a rose plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field, and grew up as a plane tree by the water.

Sir 24:15 I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax, and as the fume of frankincense in the tabernacle.

Sir 24:16 As the turpentine tree I stretched out my branches, and my branches are the branches of honour and grace.

Sir 24:17 As the vine brought I forth pleasant savour, and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.

Sir 24:18 I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope: I therefore, being eternal, am given to all my children which are named of him.

Sir 24:19 Come unto me, all ye that be desirous of me, and fill yourselves with my fruits.

Sir 24:20 For my memorial is sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance than the honeycomb.

Sir 24:21 They that eat me shall yet be hungry, and they that drink me shall yet be thirsty.

Sir 24:22 He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded, and they that work by me shall not do amiss.

Sir 24:23 All these things are the book of the covenant of the most high God, even the law which Moses commanded for an heritage unto the congregations of Jacob.

Sir 24:24 Faint not to be strong in the Lord; that he may confirm you, cleave unto him: for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and beside him there is no other Saviour.

Sir 24:25 He filleth all things with his wisdom, as Phison and as Tigris in the time of the new fruits.

Sir 24:26 He maketh the understanding to abound like Euphrates, and as Jordan in the time of the harvest.

Sir 24:27 He maketh the doctrine of knowledge appear as the light, and as Geon in the time of vintage.

Sir 24:28 The first man knew her not perfectly: no more shall the last find her out.

Sir 24:29 For her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profounder than the great deep.

Sir 24:30 I also came out as a brook from a river, and as a conduit into a garden.

Sir 24:31 I said, I will water my best garden, and will water abundantly my garden bed: and, lo, my brook became a river, and my river became a sea.

Sir 24:32 I will yet make doctrine to shine as the morning, and will send forth her light afar off.

Sir 24:33 I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and leave it to all ages for ever.

Sir 24:34 Behold that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all them that seek wisdom.

Sir 25:1 In three things I was beautified, and stood up beautiful both before God and men: the unity of brethren, the love of neighbours, a man and a wife that agree together.

Sir 25:2 Three sorts of men my soul hateth, and I am greatly offended at their life: a poor man that is proud, a rich man that is a liar, and an old adulterer that doateth.

Sir 25:3 If thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth, how canst thou find any thing in thine age?

Sir 25:4 O how comely a thing is judgment for gray hairs, and for ancient men to know counsel!

Sir 25:5 O how comely is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men of honour.

Sir 25:6 Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.

Sir 25:7 There be nine things which I have judged in mine heart to be happy, and the tenth I will utter with my tongue: A man that hath joy of his children; and he that liveth to see the fall of his enemy:

Sir 25:8 Well is him that dwelleth with a wife of understanding, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served a man more unworthy than himself:

Sir 25:9 Well is him that hath found prudence, and he that speaketh in the ears of them that will hear:

Sir 25:10 O how great is he that findeth wisdom! yet is there none above him that feareth the Lord.

Sir 25:11 But the love of the Lord passeth all things for illumination: he that holdeth it, whereto shall he be likened?

Sir 25:12 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love: and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him.

Sir 25:13 [Give me] any plague, but the plague of the heart: and any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:

Sir 25:14 And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate me: and any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.

Sir 25:15 There is no head above the head of a serpent; and there is no wrath above the wrath of an enemy.

Sir 25:16 I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon, than to keep house with a wicked woman.

Sir 25:17 The wickedness of a woman changeth her face, and darkeneth her countenance like sackcloth.

Sir 25:18 Her husband shall sit among his neighbours; and when he heareth it shall sigh bitterly.

Sir 25:19 All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman: let the portion of a sinner fall upon her.

Sir 25:20 As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.

Sir 25:21 Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, and desire her not for pleasure.

Sir 25:22 A woman, if she maintain her husband, is full of anger, impudence, and much reproach.

Sir 25:23 A wicked woman abateth the courage, maketh an heavy countenance and a wounded heart: a woman that will not comfort her husband in distress maketh weak hands and feeble knees.

Sir 25:24 Of the woman came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die.

Sir 25:25 Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.

Sir 25:26 If she go not as thou wouldest have her, cut her off from thy flesh, and give her a bill of divorce, and let her go.

Sir 26:1 Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife, for the number of his days shall be double.

Sir 26:2 A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband, and he shall fulfil the years of his life in peace.

Sir 26:3 A good wife is a good portion, which shall be given in the portion of them that fear the Lord.

Sir 26:4 Whether a man be rich or poor, if he have a good heart toward the Lord, he shall at all times rejoice with a cheerful countenance.

Sir 26:5 There be three things that mine heart feareth; and for the fourth I was sore afraid: the slander of a city, the gathering together of an unruly multitude, and a false accusation: all these are worse than death.

Sir 26:6 But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous over another woman, and a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.

Sir 26:7 An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.

Sir 26:8 A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, and she will not cover her own shame.

Sir 26:9 The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids.

Sir 26:10 If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty.

Sir 26:11 Watch over an impudent eye: and marvel not if she trespass against thee.

Sir 26:12 She will open her mouth, as a thirsty traveller when he hath found a fountain, and drink of every water near her: by every hedge will she sit down, and open her quiver against every arrow.

Sir 26:13 The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fatten his bones.

Sir 26:14 A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord; and there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed.

Sir 26:15 A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace, and her continent mind cannot be valued.

Sir 26:16 As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; so is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house.

Sir 26:17 As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick; so is the beauty of the face in ripe age.

Sir 26:18 As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; so are the fair feet with a constant heart.

Sir 26:19 My son, keep the flower of thine age sound; and give not thy strength to strangers.

Sir 26:20 When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field, sow it with thine own seed, trusting in the goodness of thy stock.

Sir 26:21 So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified, having the confidence of their good descent.

Sir 26:22 An harlot shall be accounted as spittle; but a married woman is a tower against death to her husband.

Sir 26:23 A wicked woman is given as a portion to a wicked man: but a godly woman is given to him that feareth the Lord.

Sir 26:24 A dishonest woman contemneth shame: but an honest woman will reverence her husband.

Sir 26:25 A shameless woman shall be counted as a dog; but she that is shamefaced will fear the Lord.

Sir 26:26 A woman that honoureth her husband shall be judged wise of all; but she that dishonoureth him in her pride shall be counted ungodly of all.

Sir 26:27 A loud crying woman and a scold shall be sought out to drive away the enemies.

Sir 26:28 There be two things that grieve my heart; and the third maketh me angry: a man of war that suffereth poverty; and men of understanding that are not set by; and one that returneth from righteousness to sin; the Lord prepareth such an one for the sword.

Sir 26:29 A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.

Sir 27:1 Many have sinned for a small matter; and he that seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes away.

Sir 27:2 As a nail sticketh fast between the joinings of the stones; so doth sin stick close between buying and selling.

Sir 27:3 Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear of the Lord, his house shall soon be overthrown.

Sir 27:4 As when one sifteth with a sieve, the refuse remaineth; so the filth of man in his talk.

Sir 27:5 The furnace proveth the potter's vessels; so the trial of man is in his reasoning.

Sir 27:6 The fruit declareth if the tree have been dressed; so is the utterance of a conceit in the heart of man.

Sir 27:7 Praise no man before thou hearest him speak; for this is the trial of men.

Sir 27:8 If thou followest righteousness, thou shalt obtain her, and put her on, as a glorious long robe.

Sir 27:9 The birds will resort unto their like; so will truth return unto them that practise in her.

Sir 27:10 As the lion lieth in wait for the prey; so sin for them that work iniquity.

Sir 27:11 The discourse of a godly man is always with wisdom; but a fool changeth as the moon.

Sir 27:12 If thou be among the indiscreet, observe the time; but be continually among men of understanding.

Sir 27:13 The discourse of fools is irksome, and their sport is the wantonness of sin.

Sir 27:14 The talk of him that sweareth much maketh the hair stand upright; and their brawls make one stop his ears.

Sir 27:15 The strife of the proud is bloodshedding, and their revilings are grievous to the ear.

Sir 27:16 Whoso discovereth secrets loseth his credit; and shall never find friend to his mind.

Sir 27:17 Love thy friend, and be faithful unto him: but if thou betrayest his secrets, follow no more after him.

Sir 27:18 For as a man hath destroyed his enemy; so hast thou lost the love of thy neighbor.

Sir 27:19 As one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and shalt not get him again

Sir 27:20 Follow after him no more, for he is too far off; he is as a roe escaped out of the snare.

Sir 27:21 As for a wound, it may be bound up; and after reviling there may be reconcilement: but he that betrayeth secrets is without hope.

Sir 27:22 He that winketh with the eyes worketh evil: and he that knoweth him will depart from him.

Sir 27:23 When thou art present, he will speak sweetly, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and slander thy sayings.

Sir 27:24 I have hated many things, but nothing like him; for the Lord will hate him.

Sir 27:25 Whoso casteth a stone on high casteth it on his own head; and a deceitful stroke shall make wounds.

Sir 27:26 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that setteth a trap shall be taken therein.

Sir 27:27 He that worketh mischief, it shall fall upon him, and he shall not know whence it cometh.

Sir 27:28 Mockery and reproach are from the proud; but vengeance, as a lion, shall lie in wait for them.

Sir 27:29 They that rejoice at the fall of the righteous shall be taken in the snare; and anguish shall consume them before they die.

Sir 27:30 Malice and wrath, even these are abominations; and the sinful man shall have them both.

Sir 28:1 He that revengeth shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins [in remembrance.]

Sir 28:2 Forgive thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done unto thee, so shall thy sins also be forgiven when thou prayest.

Sir 28:3 One man beareth hatred against another, and doth he seek pardon from the Lord?

Sir 28:4 He sheweth no mercy to a man, which is like himself: and doth he ask forgiveness of his own sins?

Sir 28:5 If he that is but flesh nourish hatred, who will intreat for pardon of his sins?

Sir 28:6 Remember thy end, and let enmity cease; [remember] corruption and death, and abide in the commandments.

Sir 28:7 Remember the commandments, and bear no malice to thy neighbour: [remember] the covenant of the Highest, and wink at ignorance.

Sir 28:8 Abstain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins: for a furious man will kindle strife,

Sir 28:9 A sinful man disquieteth friends, and maketh debate among them that be at peace.

Sir 28:10 As the matter of the fire is, so it burneth: and as a man's strength is, so is his wrath; and according to his riches his anger riseth; and the stronger they are which contend, the more they will be inflamed.

Sir 28:11 An hasty contention kindleth a fire: and an hasty fighting sheddeth blood.

Sir 28:12 If thou blow the spark, it shall burn: if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: and both these come out of thy mouth.

Sir 28:13 Curse the whisperer and doubletongued: for such have destroyed many that were at peace.

Sir 28:14 A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men.

Sir 28:15 A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours.

Sir 28:16 Whoso hearkeneth unto it shall never find rest, and never dwell quietly.

Sir 28:17 The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.

Sir 28:18 Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.

Sir 28:19 Well is he that is defended through the venom thereof; who hath not drawn the yoke thereof, nor hath been bound in her bands.

Sir 28:20 For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron, and the bands thereof are bands of brass.

Sir 28:21 The death thereof is an evil death, the grave were better than it.

Sir 28:22 It shall not have rule over them that fear God, neither shall they be burned with the flame thereof.

Sir 28:23 Such as forsake the Lord shall fall into it; and it shall burn in them, and not be quenched; it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and devour them as a leopard.

Sir 28:24 Look that thou hedge thy possession about with thorns, and bind up thy silver and gold,

Sir 28:25 And weigh thy words in a balance, and make a door and bar for thy mouth.

Sir 28:26 Beware thou slide not by it, lest thou fall before him that lieth in wait.

Sir 29:1 He that is merciful will lend unto his neighbour; and he that strengtheneth his hand keepeth the commandments.

Sir 29:2 Lend to thy neighbour in time of his need, and pay thou thy neighbour again in due season.

Sir 29:3 Keep thy word, and deal faithfully with him, and thou shalt always find the thing that is necessary for thee.

Sir 29:4 Many, when a thing was lent them, reckoned it to be found, and put them to trouble that helped them.

Sir 29:5 Till he hath received, he will kiss a man's hand; and for his neighbour's money he will speak submissly: but when he should repay, he will prolong the time, and return words of grief, and complain of the time.

Sir 29:6 If he prevail, he shall hardly receive the half, and he will count as if he had found it: if not, he hath deprived him of his money, and he hath gotten him an enemy without cause: he payeth him with cursings and railings; and for honour he will pay him disgrace.

Sir 29:7 Many therefore have refused to lend for other men's ill dealing, fearing to be defrauded.

Sir 29:8 Yet have thou patience with a man in poor estate, and delay not to shew him mercy.

Sir 29:9 Help the poor for the commandment's sake, and turn him not away because of his poverty.

Sir 29:10 Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend, and let it not rust under a stone to be lost.

Sir 29:11 Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.

Sir 29:12 Shut up alms in thy storehouses: and it shall deliver thee from all affliction.

Sir 29:13 It shall fight for thee against thine enemies better than a mighty shield and strong spear.

Sir 29:14 An honest man is surety for his neighbour: but he that is impudent will forsake him.

Sir 29:15 Forget not the friendship of thy surety, for he hath given his life for thee.

Sir 29:16 A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety:

Sir 29:17 And he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him [in danger] that delivered him.

Sir 29:18 Suretiship hath undone many of good estate, and shaken them as a wave of the sea: mighty men hath it driven from their houses, so that they wandered among strange nations.

Sir 29:19 A wicked man transgressing the commandments of the Lord shall fall into suretiship: and he that undertaketh and followeth other men's business for gain shall fall into suits.

Sir 29:20 Help thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thyself fall not into the same.

Sir 29:21 The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and an house to cover shame.

Sir 29:22 Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man's house.

Sir 29:23 Be it little or much, hold thee contented, that thou hear not the reproach of thy house.

Sir 29:24 For it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.

Sir 29:25 Thou shalt entertain, and feast, and have no thanks: moreover thou shalt hear bitter words:

Sir 29:26 Come, thou stranger, and furnish a table, and feed me of that thou hast ready.

Sir 29:27 Give place, thou stranger, to an honourable man; my brother cometh to be lodged, and I have need of mine house.

Sir 29:28 These things are grievous to a man of understanding; the upbraiding of houseroom, and reproaching of the lender.

Sir 30:1 He that loveth his son causeth him oft to feel the rod, that he may have joy of him in the end.

Sir 30:2 He that chastiseth his son shall have joy in him, and shall rejoice of him among his acquaintance.

Sir 30:3 He that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy: and before his friends he shall rejoice of him.

Sir 30:4 Though his father die, yet he is as though he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself.

Sir 30:5 While he lived, he saw and rejoiced in him: and when he died, he was not sorrowful.

Sir 30:6 He left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one that shall requite kindness to his friends.

Sir 30:7 He that maketh too much of his son shall bind up his wounds; and his bowels will be troubled at every cry.

Sir 30:8 An horse not broken becometh headstrong: and a child left to himself will be wilful.

Sir 30:9 Cocker thy child, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he will bring thee to heaviness.

Sir 30:10 Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow with him, and lest thou gnash thy teeth in the end.

Sir 30:11 Give him no liberty in his youth, and wink not at his follies.

Sir 30:12 Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he wax stubborn, and be disobedient unto thee, and so bring sorrow to thine heart.

Sir 30:13 Chastise thy son, and hold him to labour, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence unto thee.

Sir 30:14 Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body.

Sir 30:15 Health and good estate of body are above all gold, and a strong body above infinite wealth.

Sir 30:16 There is no riches above a sound body, and no joy above the joy of the heart.

Sir 30:17 Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.

Sir 30:18 Delicates poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave.

Sir 30:19 What good doeth the offering unto an idol? for neither can it eat nor smell: so is he that is persecuted of the Lord.

Sir 30:20 He seeth with his eyes and groaneth, as an eunuch that embraceth a virgin and sigheth.

Sir 30:21 Give not over thy mind to heaviness, and afflict not thyself in thine own counsel.

Sir 30:22 The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.

Sir 30:23 Love thine own soul, and comfort thy heart, remove sorrow far from thee: for sorrow hath killed many, and there is no profit therein.

Sir 30:24 Envy and wrath shorten the life, and carefulness bringeth age before the time.

Sir 30:25 A cheerful and good heart will have a care of his meat and diet.

Sir 31:1 Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.

Sir 31:2 Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep,

Sir 31:3 The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates.

Sir 31:4 The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth off, he is still needy.

Sir 31:5 He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof.

Sir 31:6 Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was present.

Sir 31:7 It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.

Sir 31:8 Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold.

Sir 31:9 Who is he? and we will call him blessed: for wonderful things hath he done among his people.

Sir 31:10 Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it?

Sir 31:11 His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his alms.

Sir 31:12 If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.

Sir 31:13 Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.

Sir 31:14 Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.

Sir 31:15 Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point.

Sir 31:16 Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour note, lest thou be hated.

Sir 31:17 Leave off first for manners' sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.

Sir 31:18 When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.

Sir 31:19 A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.

Sir 31:20 Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.

Sir 31:21 And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest.

Sir 31:22 My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt find as I told thee: in all thy works be quick, so shall there no sickness come unto thee.

Sir 31:23 Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.

Sir 31:24 But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.

Sir 31:25 Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many.

Sir 31:26 The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.

Sir 31:27 Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.

Sir 31:28 Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:

Sir 31:29 But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, with brawling and quarrelling.

Sir 31:30 Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.

Sir 31:31 Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: give him no despiteful words, and press not upon him with urging him [to drink.]

Sir 32:1 If thou be made the master [of a feast,] lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest; take diligent care for them, and so sit down.

Sir 32:2 And when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place, that thou mayest be merry with them, and receive a crown for thy well ordering of the feast.

Sir 32:3 Speak, thou that art the elder, for it becometh thee, but with sound judgment; and hinder not musick.

Sir 32:4 Pour not out words where there is a musician, and shew not forth wisdom out of time.

Sir 32:5 A concert of musick in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold.

Sir 32:6 As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, so is the melody of musick with pleasant wine.

Sir 32:7 Speak, young man, if there be need of thee: and yet scarcely when thou art twice asked.

Sir 32:8 Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words; be as one that knoweth and yet holdeth his tongue.

Sir 32:9 If thou be among great men, make not thyself equal with them; and when ancient men are in place, use not many words.

Sir 32:10 Before the thunder goeth lightning; and before a shamefaced man shall go favour.

Sir 32:11 Rise up betimes, and be not the last; but get thee home without delay.

Sir 32:12 There take thy pastime, and do what thou wilt: but sin not by proud speech.

Sir 32:13 And for these things bless him that made thee, and hath replenished thee with his good things.

Sir 32:14 Whoso feareth the Lord will receive his discipline; and they that seek him early shall find favour.

Sir 32:15 He that seeketh the law shall be filled therewith: but the hypocrite will be offended thereat.

Sir 32:16 They that fear the Lord shall find judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light.

Sir 32:17 A sinful man will not be reproved, but findeth an excuse according to his will.

Sir 32:18 A man of counsel will be considerate; but a strange and proud man is not daunted with fear, even when of himself he hath done without counsel.

Sir 32:19 Do nothing without advice; and when thou hast once done, repent not.

Sir 32:20 Go not in a way wherein thou mayest fall, and stumble not among the stones.

Sir 32:21 Be not confident in a plain way.

Sir 32:22 And beware of thine own children.

Sir 32:23 In every good work trust thy own soul; for this is the keeping of the commandments.

Sir 32:24 He that believeth in the Lord taketh heed to the commandment; and he that trusteth in him shall fare never the worse.

Sir 33:1 There shall no evil happen unto him that feareth the Lord; but in temptation even again he will deliver him.

Sir 33:2 A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.

Sir 33:3 A man of understanding trusteth in the law; and the law is faithful unto him, as an oracle.

Sir 33:4 Prepare what to say, and so thou shalt be heard: and bind up instruction, and then make answer.

Sir 33:5 The heart of the foolish is like a cartwheel; and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.

Sir 33:6 A stallion horse is as a mocking friend, he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.

Sir 33:7 Why doth one day excel another, when as all the light of every day in the year is of the sun?

Sir 33:8 By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished: and he altered seasons and feasts.

Sir 33:9 Some of them hath he made high days, and hallowed them, and some of them hath he made ordinary days.

Sir 33:10 And all men are from the ground, and Adam was created of earth:

Sir 33:11 In much knowledge the Lord hath divided them, and made their ways diverse.

Sir 33:12 Some of them hath he blessed and exalted and some of them he sanctified, and set near himself: but some of them hath he cursed and brought low, and turned out of their places.

Sir 33:13 As the clay is in the potter's hand, to fashion it at his pleasure: so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as liketh him best.

Sir 33:14 Good is set against evil, and life against death: so is the godly against the sinner, and the sinner against the godly.

Sir 33:15 So look upon all the works of the most High; and there are two and two, one against another.

Sir 33:16 I awaked up last of all, as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers: by the blessing of the Lord I profited, and tred my winepress like a gatherer of grapes.

Sir 33:17 Consider that I laboured not for myself only, but for all them that seek learning.

Sir 33:18 Hear me, O ye great men of the people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the congregation.

Sir 33:19 Give not thy son and wife, thy brother and friend, power over thee while thou livest, and give not thy goods to another: lest it repent thee, and thou intreat for the same again.

Sir 33:20 As long as thou livest and hast breath in thee, give not thyself over to any.

Sir 33:21 For better it is that thy children should seek to thee, than that thou shouldest stand to their courtesy.

Sir 33:22 In all thy works keep to thyself the preeminence; leave not a stain in thine honour.

Sir 33:23 At the time when thou shalt end thy days, and finish thy life, distribute thine inheritance.

Sir 33:24 Fodder, a wand, and burdens, are for the ass; and bread, correction, and work, for a servant. .

Sir 33:25 If thou set thy servant to labour, thou shalt find rest: but if thou let him go idle, he shall seek liberty.

Sir 33:26 A yoke and a collar do bow the neck: so are tortures and torments for an evil servant.

Sir 33:27 Send him to labour, that he be not idle; for idleness teacheth much evil.

Sir 33:28 Set him to work, as is fit for him: if he be not obedient, put on more heavy fetters.

Sir 33:29 But be not excessive toward any; and without discretion do nothing.

Sir 33:30 If thou have a servant, let him be unto thee as thyself, because thou hast bought him with a price.

Sir 33:31 If thou have a servant, entreat him as a brother: for thou hast need of him, as of thine own soul: if thou entreat him evil, and he run from thee, which way wilt thou go to seek him?

Sir 34:1 The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.

Sir 34:2 Whoso regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.

Sir 34:3 The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another, even as the likeness of a face to a face.

Sir 34:4 Of an unclean thing what can be cleansed? and from that thing which is false what truth can come?

Sir 34:5 Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain: and the heart fancieth, as a woman's heart in travail.

Sir 34:6 If they be not sent from the most High in thy visitation, set not thy heart upon them.

Sir 34:7 For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them.

Sir 34:8 The law shall be found perfect without lies: and wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.

Sir 34:9 A man that hath travelled knoweth many things; and he that hath much experience will declare wisdom.

Sir 34:10 He that hath no experience knoweth little: but he that hath travelled is full of prudence.

Sir 34:11 When I travelled, I saw many things; and I understand more than I can express.

Sir 34:12 I was ofttimes in danger of death: yet I was delivered because of these things.

Sir 34:13 The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; for their hope is in him that saveth them.

Sir 34:14 Whoso feareth the Lord shall not fear nor be afraid; for he is his hope.

Sir 34:15 Blessed is the soul of him that feareth the Lord: to whom doth he look? and who is his strength?

Sir 34:16 For the eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, he is their mighty protection and strong stay, a defence from heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, a preservation from stumbling, and an help from falling.

Sir 34:17 He raiseth up the soul, and lighteneth the eyes: he giveth health, life, and blessing.

Sir 34:18 He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous; and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted.

Sir 34:19 The most High is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked; neither is he pacified for sin by the multitude of sacrifices.

Sir 34:20 Whoso bringeth an offering of the goods of the poor doeth as one that killeth the son before his father's eyes.

Sir 34:21 The bread of the needy is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood.

Sir 34:22 He that taketh away his neighbour's living slayeth him; and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder.

Sir 34:23 When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have they then but labour?

Sir 34:24 When one prayeth, and another curseth, whose voice will the Lord hear?

Sir 34:25 He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, what availeth his washing?

Sir 34:26 So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?

Sir 35:1 He that keepeth the law bringeth offerings enough: he that taketh heed to the commandment offereth a peace offering.

Sir 35:2 He that requiteth a goodturn offereth fine flour; and he that giveth alms sacrificeth praise.

Sir 35:3 To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord; and to forsake unrighteousness is a propitiation.

Sir 35:4 Thou shalt not appear empty before the Lord.

Sir 35:5 For all these things [are to be done] because of the commandment.

Sir 35:6 The offering of the righteous maketh the altar fat, and the sweet savour thereof is before the most High.

Sir 35:7 The sacrifice of a just man is acceptable, and the memorial thereof shall never be forgotten.

Sir 35:8 Give the Lord his honour with a good eye, and diminish not the firstfruits of thine hands.

Sir 35:9 In all thy gifts shew a cheerful countenance, and dedicate thy tithes with gladness.

Sir 35:10 Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee; and as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.

Sir 35:11 For the Lord recompenseth, and will give thee seven times as much.

Sir 35:12 Do not think to corrupt with gifts; for such he will not receive: and trust not to unrighteous sacrifices; for the Lord is judge, and with him is no respect of persons.

Sir 35:13 He will not accept any person against a poor man, but will hear the prayer of the oppressed.

Sir 35:14 He will not despise the supplication of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.

Sir 35:15 Do not the tears run down the widow's cheeks? and is not her cry against him that causeth them to fall?

Sir 35:16 He that serveth the Lord shall be accepted with favour, and his prayer shall reach unto the clouds.

Sir 35:17 The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds: and till it come nigh, he will not be comforted; and will not depart, till the most High shall behold to judge righteously, and execute judgment.

Sir 35:18 For the Lord will not be slack, neither will the Mighty be patient toward them, till he have smitten in sunder the loins of the unmerciful, and repayed vengeance to the heathen; till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptre of the unrighteous;

Sir 35:19 Till he have rendered to every man according to his deeds, and to the works of men according to their devices; till he have judged the cause of his people, and made them to rejoice in his mercy.

Sir 35:20 Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction, as clouds of rain in the time of drought.

Sir 36:1 Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:

Sir 36:2 And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee.

Sir 36:3 Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them see thy power.

Sir 36:4 As thou wast sanctified in us before them: so be thou magnified among them before us.

Sir 36:5 And let them know thee, as we have known thee, that there is no God but only thou, O God.

Sir 36:6 Shew new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify thy hand and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous works.

Sir 36:7 Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.

Sir 36:8 Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare thy wonderful works.

Sir 36:9 Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.

Sir 36:10 Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.

Sir 36:11 Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, as from the beginning.

Sir 36:12 O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy firstborn.

Sir 36:13 O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy rest.

Sir 36:14 Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with thy glory:

Sir 36:15 Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name.

Sir 36:16 Reward them that wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found faithful.

Sir 36:17 O Lord, hear the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the eternal God.

Sir 36:18 The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.

Sir 36:19 As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.

Sir 36:20 A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.

Sir 36:21 A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.

Sir 36:22 The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.

Sir 36:23 If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.

Sir 36:24 He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.

Sir 36:25 Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.

Sir 36:26 Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city? so [who will believe] a man that hath no house, and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him?

Sir 37:1 Every friend saith, I am his friend also: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.