Sirach 10
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| 1 | A wise iudge will instruct his people, & the gouernement of a prudent man is well ordered. |
| 2 | As the iudge of the people is himselfe, so are his officers, and what maner of man the ruler of the citie is, such are all they that dwell therein. |
| 3 | An vnwise king destroyeth his people, but through the prudence of them which are in authoritie, the citie shalbe inhabited. |
| 4 | The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time hee will set ouer it one that is profitable. |
| 5 | In the hand of God is the prosperitie of man: and vpon the person of the scribe shall he lay his honour. |
| 6 | Beare not hatred to thy neighbour for euery wrong, and do nothing at all by iniurious practises. |
| 7 | Pride is hatefull before God, and man: and by both doeth one commit iniquitie. |
| 8 | Because of vnrighteous dealings, iniuries, and riches got by deceit, the kingdome is translated from one people to another. |
| 9 | Why is earth and ashes proude? There is not a more wicked thing, then a couetous man: for such an one setteth his owne soule to sale, because while he liueth, he casteth away his bowels. |
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| 10 | The Phisition cutteth off a long disease, and he that is to day a King, to morrow shall die. |
| 11 | For when a man is dead, hee shall inherite creeping things, beastes and wormes. |
| 12 | The beginning of pride is, when one departeth from God, and his heart is turned away from his maker. |
| 13 | For pride is the beginning of sinne, and hee that hath it, shall powre out abomination: and therefore the Lord brought vpon them strange calamities, and ouerthrew them vtterly. |
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| 14 | The Lord hath cast downe the thrones of proud Princes, and set vp the meeke in their stead. |
| 15 | The Lord hath plucked vp the rootes of the proud nations: and planted the lowly in their place. |
| 16 | The Lord ouerthrew countreys of the heathen: and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth. |
| 17 | He tooke some of them away, and destroyed them, and hath made their memoriall to cease from the earth. |
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| 18 | Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are borne of a woman. |
| 19 | They that feare the Lord are a sure seed, and they that loue him, an honourable plant: they that regard not the Law, are a dishonourable seed, they that transgresse the commandements, are a deceiuable seed. |
| 20 | Among brethren he that is chiefe is honourable, so are they that feare the Lord in his eyes. |
| 21 | The feare of the Lord goeth before the obtayning of authoritie: but roughnesse and pride, is the loosing thereof. |
| 22 | Whether hee bee rich, noble, or poore, their glorie is the feare of the Lord. |
| 23 | It is not meet to despise the poore man that hath vnderstanding, neither is it conuenient to magnifie a sinnefull man. |
| 24 | Great men, and Iudges, and Potentates shall bee honoured, yet is there none of them greater then he that feareth the Lord. |
| 25 | Unto the seruant that is wise, shall they that are free doe seruice: and hee that hath knowledge, will not grudge when he is reformed. |
| 26 | Be not ouerwise in doing thy busines, and boast not thy selfe in the time of thy distresse. |
| 27 | Better is he that laboureth and aboundeth in all things, then hee that boasteth himselfe, and wanteth bread. |
| 28 | My sonne, glorifie thy soule in meekenesse, and giue it honour according to the dignitie thereof. |
| 29 | Who wil iustifie him that sinneth against his owne soule? and who will honour him that dishonoureth his owne life? |
| 30 | The poore man is honoured for his skill, and the rich man is honoured for his riches. |
| 31 | Hee that is honoured in pouertie, how much more in riches? And he that is dishonourable in riches, how much more in pouertie? |