THE WISDOME OF IESUS THE SONNE OF SIRACH, OR ECCLESIASTICUS. (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV

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Ecclesiasticus Chapter 7 Original 1611 KJV Bible Scan

CHAP. VII.

1 Wee are exhorted from sinne, 4 from ambition, 8 presumption, 10 and fainting in prayer: 12 from lying and backebiting, 18 and how to esteeme a friend: 19 A good wife: 20 a seruant: 22 our cattell: 23 our children and parents: 31 the Lord and his Priests: 32 the poore and those that mourne.

¹ Doe no euill, so shall no harme come vnto thee.

² Depart from the vniust, and iniquitie shall turne away from thee.

³ My sonne, sow not vpon the furrowes of vnrighteousnesse, and thou shalt not reape them seuen folde.

⁴ Seeke not of the Lord preheminence, neither of the King the seate of honour.

⁵ Iustifie not thy selfe before the Lord, and boast not of thy wisedome before the king.⁵

⁶ Seeke not to be iudge, being not able to take away iniquitie, lest at any time thou feare the person of the mightie, and lay a stumbling blocke in the way of thy vprightnesse.

⁷ Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thy selfe downe among the people.

⁸ Bind not one sinne vpon another, for in one thou shalt not be vnpunished.

⁹ Say not, God wil looke vpon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most High God, he will accept it.

¹⁰ Be not faint hearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to giue almes.

¹¹ Laugh no man to scorne in the bitternesse of his soule: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.

¹² Deuise not a lie against thy brother: neither doe the like to thy friend.¹²

¹³ Use not to make any maner of lie: for the custome thereof is not good.

¹⁴ Use not many words in a multitude of Elders, and make not much babling when thou prayest.¹⁴

¹⁵ Hate not laborious worke, neither husbandrie, which the most High hath ordeined.¹⁵

¹⁶ Number not thy selfe among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tary long.

¹⁷ Humble thy soule greatly: for the vengeance of the vngodly is fire and wormes.

¹⁸ Change not a friend for any good by no meanes: neither a faithfull brother for the gold of Ophir.

¹⁹ Forgoe not a wise and good woman: for her grace is aboue gold.

²⁰ Whereas thy seruant worketh truely, entreate him not euill, nor the hireling that bestoweth himselfe wholly for thee.²⁰

²¹ Let thy soule loue a good seruant, and defraud him not of liberty.

²² Hast thou cattell? haue an eye to them, and if they be for thy profit, keepe them with thee.²²

²³ Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow downe their necke from their youth.

²⁴ Hast thou daughters? haue care of their body, and shewe not thy selfe cheerefull toward them.

²⁵ Marrie thy daughter, and so shalt thou haue performed a weightie matter: but giue her to a man of vnderstanding.

²⁶ Hast thou a wife after thy minde? forsake her not, but giue not thy selfe ouer to a light woman.²⁶

²⁷ Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrowes of thy mother.

²⁸ Remember that thou wast begot of them, and how canst thou recompense them the things that they haue done for thee?

²⁹ Feare the Lord with all thy soule, and reuerence his priests.

³⁰ Loue him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not his ministers.

³¹ Feare the Lord, and honour the priest: and giue him his portion, as it is commanded thee, the first fruits, and the trespasse offering, & the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of the holy things.

³² And stretch thine hand vnto the poore, that thy blessing may be perfected ³²

³³ A gift hath grace in the sight of euery man liuing, and for the dead deteine it not.

³⁴ Faile not to bee with them that weepe, and mourne with them that mourne.

³⁵ Be not slow to visit the sicke: for that shall make thee to be beloued.

³⁶ Whatsoeuer thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt neuer doe amisse.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Ecclesiasticus Chapter 7

⁵ Psal.142. 2. eccles.7. 17. iob9. 20. luke 18.11.
¹² Gre. plough not.
¹⁴ Mat.6.5,7 , Or, vaine repetition.
¹⁵ Gre. created.
²⁰ Leuit.19. 15.
²² Deu.25.4
²⁶ Or, hateful
³² Deut. 15. 10. , Or, thy liberality.

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