THE WISDOME OF Iesus the sonne of Sirach, Or Ecclesiasticus. Chapter 19

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CHAP. XIX.

2 Wine and women seduce wise men. 7 Say not all thou hearest. 17 Reproue thy friend without anger. 22 There is no wisedome in wickednesse.

¹A labouring man that is giuen to drunkennesse shal not be rich, and hee that contemneth small things shall fall by little & little.

²Wine and women will make men of vnderstanding to fall away, and he that cleaueth to harlots will become impudent.

³Mothes and wormes shall haue him to heritage, and a bold man shall be taken away.

⁴He that is hasty to giue credit is light minded, and he that sinneth shall offend against his owne soule.⁴

⁵Who so taketh pleasure in wickednesse shall be condemned, but he that resisteth pleasures, crowneth his life.

⁶He that can rule his tongue shall liue without strife, and he that hateth babbling, shall haue lesse euill.

⁷Rehearse not vnto another that which is told vnto thee, and thou shalt fare neuer the worse.

⁸Whether it be to friend or foe, talk not of other mens liues, and if thou canst without offence reueale them not.⁸

⁹For he heard and obserued thee, and when time commeth he will hate thee.⁹

¹⁰If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee, and be bold it will not burst thee.

¹¹A foole trauaileth with a word, as a woman in labour of a child.

¹²As an arrowe that sticketh in a mans thigh, so is a word within a fooles belly.¹²

¹³Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it, and if he haue [done it] that he doe it no more.¹³

¹⁴Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it, and if he haue, that he speake it not againe.¹⁴

¹⁵Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, & beleeue not euery tale.

¹⁶There is one that slippeth in his speach, but not from his heart, and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue?¹⁶

¹⁷Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him, and not being angry giue place to the Law of the most high.¹⁷

¹⁸The feare of the Lord is the first step to be accepted [of him,] and wisedome obtaineth his loue.¹⁸

¹⁹The knowledge of the Commandements of the Lord, is the doctrine of life, and they that do things that please him, shall receiue the fruit of the tree of immortalitie.

²⁰The feare of the Lord is all wisedome, and in all wisedome is the performance of the Law, and the knowledge of his omnipotencie.

²¹If a seruant say to his master, I will not doe as it pleaseth thee, though afterward hee doe it, hee angereth him that nourisheth him.

²²The knowledge of wickednes is not wisedome, neither at any time the counsell of sinners, prudence.

²³There is a wickednesse, and the same an abomination, and there is a foole wanting in wisedome.

²⁴He that hath smal vnderstanding and feareth God, is better then one that hath much wisedome, and transgresseth the Law of the most High.

²⁵There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is vniust, and there is one that turneth aside to make iudgement appeare: and there is a wise man that iustifieth in iudgement.²⁵

²⁶There is a wicked man that hangeth downe his head sadly; but inwardly he is full of deceit,²⁶

²⁷Casting downe his countenance, and making as if he heard not: where he is not knowen, he will do thee a mischiefe before thou be aware.

²⁸And if for want of power hee be hindered from sinning, yet when he findeth opportunitie he wil doe euil.

²⁹A man may bee knowen by his looke, and one that hath vnderstanding, by his countenance, when thou meetest him.

³⁰A mans attire, and excessiue laughter, and gate, shew what he is.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Ecclesiasticus Chapter 19

⁴ Iosh.22. 11.
⁸ Or, of friend or foe.
⁹ Or, shewe his hatred.
¹² Or, heart.
¹³ Leuit.19. 17. matth. 18.15.
¹⁴ Or, reproue.
¹⁶ Or, willingly. , Iam.3. 2.
¹⁷ Or, reproue.
¹⁸ Or, of receiuing him.
²⁵ Or, iudgeth.
²⁶ Or, in blacke.

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