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✠ Sirach 14
Chapters
SIR 14:1 Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin.
SIR 14:2 Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope.
SIR 14:3 Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?
SIR 14:4 He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting.
SIR 14:5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
SIR 14:6 There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness:
SIR 14:7 And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness.
SIR 14:8 The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.
SIR 14:9 The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up.
SIR 14:10 An evil eye is towards evil things: and he shall not have his fill of bread, but shall be needy and pensive at his own table.
SIR 14:11 My son, if thou have any thing, do good to thyself, and offer to God worthy offerings.
SIR 14:12 Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die.
SIR 14:13 Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor.
SIR 14:14 Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift over- pass thee.
SIR 14:15 Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours?
SIR 14:16 Give and take, and justify thy soul.
SIR 14:17 Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.
SIR 14:18 All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.
SIR 14:19 Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.
SIR 14:20 Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it.
SIR 14:21 And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein.
SIR 14:22 Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, and in his mind shall think of the all seeing eye of God.
SIR 14:23 He that considereth her ways in his heart, and hath understanding in her secrets, who goeth after her as one that traceth, and stayeth in her ways:
SIR 14:24 He who looketh in at her windows, and hearkeneth at her door:
SIR 14:25 He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening a pin in her walls shall set up his tent nigh unto her, where good things shall rest in his lodging for ever.
SIR 14:26 He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches: