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Sirach 34
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1Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.
1The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.
2Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep.
2Whoso regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
3The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicacies.
3The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another, even as the likeness of a face to a face.
4The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth off, he is still needy.
4Of an unclean thing what can be cleansed? and from that thing which is false what truth can come?
5He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof.
5Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain: and the heart fancieth, as a woman’s heart in travail.
6Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was present.
6If they be not sent from the most High in thy visitation, set not thy heart upon them.
7It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.
7For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them.
8Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold.
8The law shall be found perfect without lies: and wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.
9Who is he? and we will call him blessed: for wonderful things hath he done among his people.
9A man that hath travelled knoweth many things; and he that hath much experience will declare wisdom.
10Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it?
10He that hath no experience knoweth little: but he that hath travelled is full of prudence.
11His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his alms.
11When I travelled, I saw many things; and I understand more than I can express.
12If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.
12I was ofttimes in danger of death: yet I was delivered because of these things.
13Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.
13The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; for their hope is in him that saveth them.
14Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.
14Whoso feareth the Lord shall not fear nor be afraid; for he is his hope.
15Judge of thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point.
15Blessed is the soul of him that feareth the Lord: to whom doth he look? and who is his strength?
16Eat, as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour not, lest thou be hated.
16For the eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, he is their mighty protection and strong stay, a defence from heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, a preservation from stumbling, and an help from falling.
17Leave off first for manners' sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.
17He raiseth up the soul, and lighteneth the eyes: he giveth health, life, and blessing.
18When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.
18He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous; and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted.
19A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.
19The most High is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked; neither is he pacified for sin by the multitude of sacrifices.
20Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.
20Whoso bringeth an offering of the goods of the poor doeth as one that killeth the son before his father’s eyes.
21And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest.
21The bread of the needy is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood.
22My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt find as I told thee: in all thy works be quick, so shall there no sickness come unto thee.
22He that taketh away his neighbour’s living slayeth him; and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder.
23Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.
23When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have they then but labour?
24But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.
24When one prayeth, and another curseth, whose voice will the Lord hear?
25Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many.
25He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, what availeth his washing?
26The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkenness.
26So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?