Sirach 8
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| 1 | Chide thou not with a miyti man, leste thou falle in to hise hondis. |
| 1a | 8:2 Stryue thou not with a riche man, lest perauenture he make ple ayenward to thee. |
| 2 | 8:3 For whi gold and siluer hath lost many men; and it stretchith forth til to the herte of kyngis, and turneth. |
| 3 | 8:4 Chide thou not with a man, a ianglere, and leie thou not trees in to his fier. |
| 4 | 8:5 Comyne thou not with an vntauyt man, lest he speke yuele of thi kynrede. |
| 5 | 8:6 Dispise thou not a man turnynge awei hym silf fro synne, nether vpbreide thou hym; haue thou mynde, that alle we ben in corrupcioun. |
| 6 | 8:7 Dispise thou not a man in his eelde; for whi of vs men wexen eld. |
| 7 | 8:8 Nyle thou make ioye of thin enemy deed, witynge that alle we dien, and wolen not come in to ioie of oure enemys. |
| 7a | 8:9 Dispise thou not the tellyng of wise preestes, and be thou conuersaunt in the prouerbis of hem; |
| 8 | 8:10 for of hem thou schalt lerne wisdom, and techyng of vndurstondyng, and to serue without pleynt to grete men. |
| 9 | 8:11 The tellyng of eldere men passe not thee; for thei han lerned of her fadris. |
| 9a | 8:12 For of hem thou schalt lerne vndurstondyng; and in the tyme of nede thou schalt yyue answere. |
| 10 | 8:13 Kyndle thou not the coolis of synneris, and repreue hem; and be thou not brent with the flawme of fier of her synnes. |
| 11 | 8:14 Stonde thou not ayens the face of a man ful of dispisyng; lest he sitte as a spiere to thi mouth. |
| 12 | 8:15 Nyle thou leene to a man strongere than thou; that if thou hast lent, haue thou it as lost. |
| 13 | 8:16 Biheete thou not aboue thi power; that if thou hast bihiyt, bithenke thou as yeldynge. |
| 14 | 8:17 Deme thou not ayens a iuge; for he demeth vp that, that is iust. |
| 15 | 8:18 Go thou not in the weie with an hardi man, lest perauenture he agregge hise yuels in thee; for he goith aftir his wille, and thou schalt perische togidere with his foli. |
| 16 | 8:19 Make thou not chidyng with a wrathful man, and go thou not in to desert with an hardi man; for whi blood is as nouyt bifore hym, and where noon help is, he schal hurtle thee doun. |
| 17 | 8:20 Haue thou not councel with foolis; for thei moun not loue, no but tho thingis that plesen hem. |
| 18 | 8:21 Make thou not a counsel bifore a straunger; for thou noost, what he schal bringe forth. Make not thin herte knowun to ech man; lest perauenture he brynge to thee fals grace, and dispise thee. |
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