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CHAP. XXXVII.
1 How to know friends and counsellers. 12 The discretion and wisedome of a godly man blesseth him. 27 Learne to refraine thine appetite.
1 Euery friend saieth, I am his friend also: but there is a friend which is onely a friend in name.
2 Is it not a griefe vnto death, when a companion and friend is turned to an enemie?
3 O wicked imagination, whence camest thou in to couer the earth with deceit?
5 There is a companion which helpeth his friend for the belly, and taketh vp the buckler against the enemie.5
6 Forget not thy friend in thy minde, and be not vnmindfull of him in thy riches.
7 Euery counseller extolleth counsell; but there is some that counselleth for himselfe.
8 Beware of a counseller, and know before what neede he hath (for he will counsell for himselfe) lest hee cast the lot vpon thee:8
10 Consult not with one that suspecteth thee: and hide thy counsell from such as enuie thee.
15 And aboue all this pray to the most high, that he will direct thy way in trueth.
16 Let reason goe before euery enterprise, & counsell before euery action.
17 The countenance is a signe of changing of the heart.
19 There is one that is wise and teacheth many, and yet is vnprofitable to himselfe.
20 There is one that sheweth wisedome in words, and is hated: he shall be destitute of all foode.20
21 For grace is not giuen him from the Lord: because he is depriued of all wisedome.
22 Another is wise to himselfe: and the fruits of vnderstanding are commendable in his mouth.
23 A wise man instructeth his people, and the fruits of his vnderstanding faile not.
24 A wise man shall be filled with blessing, and all they that see him, shall count him happy.
25 The daies of the life of man may be numbred: but the daies of Israel are innumerable.
26 A wise man shall inherite glory among his people, and his name shalbe perpetuall.26
27 My sonne prooue thy soule in thy life, and see what is euill for it, and giue not that vnto it.
28 For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath euery soule pleasure in euery thing.
29 Be not vnsatiable in any dainty thing: nor too greedy vpon meates.
30 For excesse of meates, bringeth sicknesse, and surfetting will turne into choler.30
31 By surfetting haue many perished, but hee that taketh heed, prolongeth his life.
Ecclesiasticus Chapter 37 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
5 Or, in presence of the enemie.
8 Or, what vse there is of him.
20 Or, wisedome.
26 Or, credit.
30 Or, varietie of meates.
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