THE WISDOME OF Iesus the sonne of Sirach, Or Ecclesiasticus. Chapter 14

(Original 1611 KJV Book of Ecclesiasticus)

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CHAP. XIV.

1 A good conscience maketh men happie. 5 The niggard doth good to none. 13 But doe thou good. 10 Men are happy that draw neere to wisedome.

¹Blessed is the man that hath not slipt with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sinnes.¹

²Blessed is hee whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.

³Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an enuious man doe with money?

⁴He that gathereth by defrauding his owne soule, gathereth for others, that shall spend his goods riotously.

⁵Hee that is euill to himselfe, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods.

⁶There is none worse then he that enuieth himselfe; and this is a recompence of his wickednesse.

⁷And if he doth good, he doth it vnwillingly, and at the last he will declare his wickednesse.

⁸The enuious man hath a wicked eye, he turneth away his face and despiseth men.

⁹A couetous mans eye is not satisfied with his portion, and the iniquity of the wicked dryeth vp his soule.⁹

¹⁰A wicked eye enuieth [his] bread, and he is a niggard at his table.

¹¹My sonne, according to thy habilitie doe good to thy selfe, and giue the Lord his due offering.

¹²Remember that death will not be long in comming, and that the couenant of the graue is not shewed vnto thee.

¹³Doe good vnto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy abilitie, stretch out thy hand and giue to him.¹³

¹⁴Defraud not thy selfe of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire ouerpasse thee.¹⁴

¹⁵Shalt thou not leaue thy trauailes vnto another? and thy labours to be diuided by lot?

¹⁶Giue, and take, and sanctifie thy soule, for there is no seeking of dainties in the graue.

¹⁷All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the couenant from the beginning is; thou shalt die the death.¹⁷

¹⁸As of the greene leaues on a thicke tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one commeth to an end, and another is borne.

¹⁹Euery worke rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker therof shal goe withall.

²⁰Blessed is the man that doeth meditate good things in wisdome, and that reasoneth of holy things by his vnderstanding.²⁰

²¹He that considereth her wayes in his heart, shall also haue vnderstanding in her secrets.

²²Goe after her as one that traceth, and lie in wait in her wayes.

²³Hee that prieth in at her windowes, shal also hearken at her doores.

²⁴Hee that doeth lodge neere her house, shall also fasten a pin in her walles.²⁴

²⁵He shall pitch his tent nigh vnto her, and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are.

²⁶He shal set his children vnder her shelter, and shall lodge vnder her branches.

²⁷By her he shall be couered from heat, and in her glory shall he dwell.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Ecclesiasticus Chapter 14

¹ Chap. 19. 16. and 25 8. iam.3.2. , Or, sorrow.
⁹ Prou.17. 20.
¹³ Tobit.4.7. luc.14.13.
¹⁴ Or, the feast day.
¹⁷ Isa.40.5. iam.1.10. 1.pet.1.24.
²⁰ Psal.1.2.
²⁴ Or, stake.

* Some content courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania

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