Sirach 34
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| 1 | The hopes of a man voyd of vnderstanding are vaine, and false: and dreames lift vp fooles. |
| 2 | Who so regardeth dreames, is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the winde. |
| 3 | The vision of dreames is the resemblance of one thing to another, euen as the likenesse of a face to a face. |
| 4 | Of an vncleane thing, what can be cleansed? and from that thing which is false, what trueth can come? |
| 5 | Diuinations, and soothsayings, and dreames are vaine: and the heart fancieth as a womans heart in trauell. |
| 6 | If they be not sent from the most high in thy visitation, set not thy heart vpon them. |
| 7 | For dreames haue deceiued many, and they haue failed that put their trust in them. |
| 8 | The Law shall be found perfect without lies: and wisedome is perfection to a faithfull mouth. |
| 9 | A man that hath trauailed knoweth many things: and hee that hath much experience, wil declare wisedome. |
| 10 | He that hath no experience, knoweth little: but he that hath trauailed, is full of prudence. |
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| 11 | When I trauailed, I saw many things: and I vnderstand more, then I can expresse. |
| 12 | I was oft times in danger of death, yet I was deliuered because of these things. |
| 13 | The spirit of those that feare the Lord shall liue, for their hope is in him that saueth them. |
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| 14 | Who so feareth the Lord, shall not feare nor be afraid, for hee is his hope. |
| 15 | Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the Lord: to whom doeth hee looke? and who is his strength? |
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| 16 | For the eyes of the Lord are vpon them that loue him, he is their mightie protection, and strong stay, a defence from heat, and a couer from the Sunne at noone, a preseruation from stumbling, and a helpe from falling. |
| 17 | He raiseth vp the soule, and lighteneth the eyes: hee giueth health, life, and blessing. |
| 18 | Hee that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous, and the giftes of vniust men are not accepted. |
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| 19 | The most high is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked, neither is he pacified for sinne by the multitude of sacrifices. |
| 20 | Who so bringeth an offering of the goods of the poore, doeth as one that killeth the sonne before his fathers eyes. |
| 21 | The bread of the needie, is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof, is a man of blood. |
| 22 | Hee that taketh away his neighbours liuing, slayeth him: and hee that defraudeth the labourer of his hire, is a bloodshedder. |
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| 23 | When one buildeth, and another pulleth downe, what profite haue they then but labour? |
| 24 | When one prayeth, and another curseth, whose voice will the Lorde heare? |
| 25 | He that washeth himselfe after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it againe, what auaileth his washing? |
| 26 | So is it with a man that fasteth for his sinnes, and goeth againe and doeth the same: who will heare his prayer, or what doeth his humbling profit him? |
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