Sirach 31
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| 1 | Watching for riches, consumeth the flesh, and the care therof driueth away sleepe. |
| 2 | Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleepe. |
| 3 | The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together, and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates. |
| 4 | The poore laboureth in his poore estate, and when he leaueth off, hee is still needie. |
| 5 | He that loueth gold shall not bee iustified, and he that followeth corruption, shall haue enough thereof. |
| 6 | Gold hath bin the ruine of many, and their destruction was present. |
| 7 | It is a stumbling block vnto them that sacrifice vnto it, and euery foole shall be taken therewith. |
| 8 | Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold: |
| 9 | Who is he? and we will call him blessed: for wonderfull things hath hee done among his people. |
| 10 | Who hath bene tried thereby, and found perfit? then let him glory. Who might offend and hath not offended, or done euill, and hath not done it? |
| 11 | His goods shall be established, and the congregatiō shall declare his almes. |
| 12 | If thou sit at a bountifull table, bee not greedy vpon it, and say not, There is much meate on it. |
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| 13 | Remember that a wicked eye is an euill thing: and what is created more wicked then an eye? therefore it weepeth vpon euery occasion. |
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| 14 | Stretch not thine hand whithersoeuer it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish. |
| 15 | Iudge of thy neighbour by thy selfe: and be discreet in euery point. |
| 16 | Eate as it becommeth a man those things which are set before thee: and deuoure not, lest thou be hated. |
| 17 | Leaue off first for maners sake, and be not vnsatiable, lest thou offend. |
| 18 | When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all. |
| 19 | A very litle is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short vpon his bed. |
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| 20 | Sound sleepe commeth of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him, but the paine of watching and choller, and pangs of the bellie are with an vnsatiable man. |
| 21 | And if thou hast bin forced to eate, arise, goe forth, vomit, and thou shalt haue rest. |
| 22 | My sonne, heare me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt finde as I told thee: in all thy workes bee quicke, so shall there no sickenesse come vnto thee. |
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| 23 | Who so is liberall of his meat, men shall speake well of him, and the report of his good housekeeping will be beleeued. |
| 24 | But against him that is a niggard of his meate, the whole citie shall murmure; and the testimonies of his niggardnesse shall not be doubted of. |
| 25 | Shew not thy valiantnesse in wine, for wine hath destroyed many. |
| 26 | The furnace prooueth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkennesse. |
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| 27 | Wine is as good as life to a man if it be drunke moderatly: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad. |
| 28 | Wine measurably drunke, and in season, bringeth gladnesse of the heart and cheerefulnesse of the minde. |
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| 29 | But wine drunken with excesse, maketh bitternesse of the minde, with brawling and quarreling. |
| 30 | Drunkennesse increaseth the rage of a foole till he offend, it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds. |
| 31 | Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: giue him no despitefull words, and presse not vpon him with vrging him (to drinke.) |
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