Sirach 19
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| 1 | A labouring man that is giuen to drunkennesse shal not be rich, and hee that contemneth small things shall fall by little & little. |
| 2 | Wine and women will make men of vnderstanding to fall away, and he that cleaueth to harlots will become impudent. |
| 3 | Mothes and wormes shall haue him to heritage, and a bold man shall be taken away. |
| 4 | He that is hasty to giue credit is light minded, and he that sinneth shall offend against his owne soule. |
| 5 | Who so taketh pleasure in wickednesse shall be condemned, but he that resisteth pleasures, crowneth his life. |
| 6 | He that can rule his tongue shall liue without strife, and he that hateth babbling, shall haue lesse euill. |
| 7 | Rehearse not vnto another that which is told vnto thee, and thou shalt fare neuer the worse. |
| 8 | Whether it be to friend or foe, talk not of other mens liues, and if thou canst without offence reueale them not. |
| 9 | For he heard and obserued thee, and when time commeth he will hate thee. |
| 10 | If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee, and be bold it will not burst thee. |
| 11 | A foole trauaileth with a word, as a woman in labour of a child. |
| 12 | As an arrowe that sticketh in a mans thigh, so is a word within a fooles belly. |
| 13 | Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it, and if he haue that he doe it no more. |
| 14 | Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it, and if he haue, that he speake it not againe. |
| 15 | Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, & beleeue not euery tale. |
| 16 | There is one that slippeth in his speach, but not from his heart, and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue? |
| 17 | Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him, and not being angry giue place to the Law of the most high. |
| 18 | The feare of the Lord is the first step to be accepted and wisedome obtaineth his loue. |
| 19 | The knowledge of the Commandements of the Lord, is the doctrine of life, and they that do things that please him, shall receiue the fruit of the tree of immortalitie. |
| 20 | The feare of the Lord is all wisedome, and in all wisedome is the performance of the Law, and the knowledge of his omnipotencie. |
| 21 | If a seruant say to his master, I will not doe as it pleaseth thee, though afterward hee doe it, hee angereth him that nourisheth him. |
| 22 | The knowledge of wickednes is not wisedome, neither at any time the counsell of sinners, prudence. |
| 23 | There is a wickednesse, and the same an abomination, and there is a foole wanting in wisedome. |
| 24 | He that hath smal vnderstanding and feareth God, is better then one that hath much wisedome, and transgresseth the Law of the most High. |
| 25 | There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is vniust, and there is one that turneth aside to make iudgement appeare: and there is a wise man that iustifieth in iudgement. |
| 26 | There is a wicked man that hangeth downe his head sadly; but inwardly he is full of deceit, |
| 27 | Casting downe his countenance, and making as if he heard not: where he is not knowen, he will do thee a mischiefe before thou be aware. |
| 28 | And if for want of power hee be hindered from sinning, yet when he findeth opportunitie he wil doe euil. |
| 29 | A man may bee knowen by his looke, and one that hath vnderstanding, by his countenance, when thou meetest him. |
| 30 | A mans attire, and excessiue laughter, and gate, shew what he is. |