Sirach 34
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1THe hope of a foolish man is vaine & false, & dreames make fooles to haue wings. 2Who so regardeth dreames, is like him that wil take holde of a shadowe, and followe after the winde. 3Euen so is it with the appearings of dreames, as the likenes of a face is before another face. 4Who can be clensed by the vncleane? or what trueth can be spoken of a lier? 5Sothsayings, witchcraft, and dreaming is but vanitie, and a minde that is occupied with fantasies, is as a woman that trauaileth. 6Where as suche visions come not of the moste High to trye thee, set not thine heart vpon them. 7For dreames haue disceiued many, and thei haue failed that put their trust therein. 8The Law shalbe fulfilled without lies, & wisdome is sufficient to a faithful mouth: [what knowledge hathe he that is not tryed?] 9A man that is instructed, vnderstandeth muche, and he that hathe good experience, can talke of wisdome. 10He that hathe no experience, knoweth litle, and he that erreth, is ful of crafte. 11When I wandred to and fro, I sawe many things, and mine vnderstanding is greater then I can expresse. 12I was oft times in danger of death, yet I was deliuered by these things. 13¶The spirit of those that feare the Lord, shal liue: for their hope is in him that can helpe them. 14Who so feareth the Lord, feareth no man, nether is afraied: for he is his hope. 15Blessed is the soule of him that feareth the Lord: in whome putteth he his trust? who is his strength? 16For the eyes of the Lord haue respect vnto them, that loue him: he is their mightie protection, and strong grounde, a defense from the heat, and a shadowe for the noone day, a succour from stombling, & an helpe from falling. 17He setteth vp the soule, & lightneth the eyes: he giueth health, life and blessing. 18¶He that giueth an offring of vnrighteous goods, offreth a mocking sacrifice, & the giftes of the vnrighteous, please not him. 19[But the Lord is theirs onely, that paciently abide him in the way of trueth & righteousnes.] 20The moste High doeth not alowe the offrings of the wicked, nether is he pacified for sinne by the multitude of sacrifice. 21Who so bringeth an offring of the goods of the poore, doeth as one that sacrifiseth the sonne before the fathers eyes. 22The bread of the nedeful is the life of the poore: he that defraudeth him thereof, is a murtherer. 23He that taketh away his neighbours liuing, slayeth him, and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hyre, is a bloodshedder. 24¶When one buyldeth, and another breaketh downe, what profite haue they then but labour? 25When one prayeth and another curseth, whose voyce wil the Lord heare? 26He that washeth him self because of a dead bodie, and toucheth it againe, what auaileth his washing? 27So is it with a man that fasteth for his sinnes, and committeth them againe: who wil heare his prayer? or what doeth his fasting helpe him?
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