Sirach 19
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1A Laboring man that is giuen to drunkennes, shal not be riche: & he that contemneth smale things, shal fall by litle and litle. 2*Wine and women leade wise men out of the way, [and put men of vnderstanding to reprofe.] 3And he that companieth adulterers, shal become impudent: rottennes and wormes shal haue him to heritage, and he that is to bolde, shalbe taken away, and be made a publicke example. 4*He that is hastie to giue credit, is light minded, and he that erreth, sinneth against his owne soule. 5Whoso reioyceth in wickednes, shal be punished: [he that hateth to be reformed, his life shalbe shortened, and he that abhorreth babling of wordes, quencheth wickednes:] but he that resisteth pleasures, crowneth his owne soule. 6He that refraineth his tongue, may liue with a troublesome man, and he that hateth babling, shal haue lesse euil. 7Rehearse not to an other, that which is tolde vnto thee: so thou shalt not be hindred. 8Declare not other mens maners, nether to friend nor foe: and if the sinne apperteine not vnto thee, reueile it not. 9For he wil hearken vnto thee, and marke thee, and when he findeth opportunitie, he wil hate thee. 10*If thou hast heard a worde [against thy neighbour,] let it dye with thee, & be sure, it wil not burst thee. 11A foole trauaileth when he hathe heard a thing, as a woman that is about to bring forthe a childe. 12As an arrowe that sticketh in ones thigh, so is a worde in a fooles heart. 13* Reproue a friend lest he do euil, and if he haue done it, that he do it no more. 14Reproue a friend that he may kepe his tongue: and if he haue spoken, that he say it no more. 15Tell thy friend his faute: for oft times a sclander is raised, and giue no credence to euerie worde. 16A man falleth with his tongue, but not with his wil:*and who is he, that hathe not offended in his tongue? 17Reproue thy neighbour before thou threaten him, & being without anger, giue place vnto the Law of the moste High. 18The feare of the Lord is the first degre to be receiued of him, and wisdome obteineth his loue. 19The knowledge of the commandements of the Lord is the doctrine of life, & they that obey him, shal receiue the frute of immortalitie. 20The feare of the Lord is all wisdome, and the performing of the Law is perfite wisdome, & the knowledge of his almightie power. 21If a seruant say vnto his master, I wil not do as it pleaseth thee, thogh afterward he do it, he shal displease him that nourisheth him. 22The knowledge of wickednes is not wisdome, nether is there prudencie where as the counsel of sinners is: but it is euen execrable malice: and the foole is voide of wisdome. 23He that hathe smale vnderstanding, and feareth God, is better then one that hathe muche wisdome, & transgresseth the Law of the moste High. 24There is a certeine subtiltie that is fine, but it is vnrighteous: & there is that wrasteth the open and manifest Law: yet there is that is wise and iudgeth righteously. 25There is some that being about wicked purposes, do bowe downe them selues, and are sad, whose inward partes burne altogether with deceit: he loketh downe with his face, and faineth him self deafe: yet before thou perceiue, he wil be vpon thee to hurt thee. 26And thogh he be so weake that he can do thee no arme, yet when he may finde opportunitie, he wil do euil. 27¶A man may be knowen by his loke, and one that hathe vnderstanding, may be perceiued by the marking of his countenance. 28*A mans garment, and his excessiue laughter, and going declare what persone he is.
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