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✠ Sirach 19
Chapters
SIR 19:1 A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.
SIR 19:2 Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent:
SIR 19:3 And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number.
SIR 19:4 He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised.
SIR 19:5 He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall be censured, and he that hateth chastisement, shall have less life: and he that hateth babbling, extinguisheth evil.
SIR 19:6 He that sinneth against his own soul, shall repent: and he that is delighted with wickedness, shall be condemned.
SIR 19:7 Rehearse not again a wicked and harsh word, and thou shalt not fare the worse.
SIR 19:8 Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not.
SIR 19:9 For he will hearken to thee, and will witch thee, and as it were defending thy sin he will hate thee, and so will he be with thee always.
SIR 19:10 Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not burst thee.
SIR 19:11 At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning. in the bringing forth a child.
SIR 19:12 As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool.
SIR 19:13 Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say : f did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more.
SIR 19:14 Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again.
SIR 19:15 Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed.
SIR 19:16 And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart.
SIR 19:17 For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him.
SIR 19:18 And give place to the fear of the most High: for the fear of God is all wisdom, and therein is to fear God, and the disposition of the law is in all wisdom.
SIR 19:19 But the learning of wickedness is not wisdom: and the device of sinners is not prudence.
SIR 19:20 There is a subtle wickedness, and the same is detestable: and there is a man that is foolish, wanting in wisdom.
SIR 19:21 Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and wanteth understanding, with the fear of God, than he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgresseth the law of the most High.
SIR 19:22 There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust.
SIR 19:23 And there is one that uttereth an exact word telling the truth. There is one that humbleth himself wickedly, and his interior is full of deceit:
SIR 19:24 And there is one that submitteth himself exceedingly with a great lowliness: and there is one that casteth down his countenance, and maketh as if he did not see that which is unknown:
SIR 19:25 And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it.
SIR 19:26 A man is known by his look, and a wise man, when thou meetest him, is known by his countenance.
SIR 19:27 The attire of the body, and the laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shew what he is.