Sirach 7
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1DO no euil: so shal no harme come vnto thee. 2Departe from the thing that is wicked, and sinne shal turne away from thee. 3My sonne, sowe not vpon the forowes of vnrighteousnes, lest that thou reape them seuen folde. 4Aske not of the Lord preeminence, nether of the King the seate of honour. 5Iustifie not thy self before the Lord: [for he knoweth thine heart,] & boast not thy wisdome in the presence of the King. 6Seke not to be made a iudge, lest thou be not able to take away iniquitie, and lest thou, fearing the persone of the mightie, shuldest commit an offence against thine vprightnes. 7Offend not against the multitude of a citie, and cast not thy self among the people. 8Binde not two sinnes together: for in one sinne shalt thou not be vnpunished. 9Say not, God wil loke vpon the multitude of mine oblacions, and when I offer to the moste high God, he wil accept it. 10Be not faint hearted, when thou makest thy praier, nether slacke in giuing of almes. 11Laugh no man to scorne in the heauines of his soule: for [God which seeth all things] is he that can bring downe, & set vp againe. 12Sow not a lie against thy brother, nether do the same against thy friend. 13Vse not to make anie maner of lie: for the custome thereof is not good. 14Make not manie wordes when thou art among the Elders, nether repeate a thing in thy prayer. 15Hate not laborious worke, nether the housbandrie, which the moste High hathe created. 16Nomber not thy self in the multitude of the wicked, but remember that vengeance wil not slacke. 17Humble thy minde greatly: for the vengeance of the wicked is fyre and wormes. 18Giue not ouer thy friend for anie good, nor thy true brother for the golde of Ophir. 19Departe not from a wise and good woman, [that is fallen vnto thee for thy porcion in the feare of the Lord:] for her grace is aboue golde. 20¶Where as thy seruant worketh truely, intreate him not euil, nor the hireling that bestoweth him self wholie for thee. 21Let thy soule loue a good seruant, and defraude him not of libertie, [nether leaue him a poore man.] 22If thou haue cattel, loke wel to them, and if thei be for thy profite, kepe them with thee. 23If thou haue sonnes, instruct them, and holde their necke from their youth. 24If thou haue daughters, kepe their bodie, and shewe not thy face chereful towarde them. 25Marie thy daughter,& so shalt thou performe a weightie matter : but giue her to a man of vnderstanding. 26If thou haue a wife after thy minde,forsake her not, but commit not thy self to the hateful. 27Honour thy father from thy whole heart, & forget not the sorowes of thy mother. 28Remember that thou wast borne of them, and how canst thou recompense them the things that they haue done for thee ? 29¶ Feare the Lord with all thy soule, and honor his ministers. 30Loue him that made thee, with all thy strength,and forsake not his seruants. 31Feare the Lord with all thy soule, and honor the Priests , and giue them their porcion,as it is commanded thee,the first frutes, [and purificacions ] and sacrifices for sinne , & the offrings of the shoulders, and the sacrifices of sanctificacion, and the first frutes of the holie things. 32Stretche thine hand vnto the poore that thy blessing , [and reconciliacion] may be accomplished. 33Liberalitie pleaseth all men liuing,and from the dead restraine it not. 34Let not them that wepe ,be without [comfort:] but mourne with suche as mourne. 35Be not slowe to visit the sicke : for that shal make thee to be beloued. 36Whatsoeuer thou takest in hand,remember the end,& thou shalt neuer do amisse.
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