Ecclesiasticus 7
2 We must forsake evil, and yet not justify ourselves. 23 The behavior of the wise toward his wife, his friend, his children, his servants, his father and mother.
DO no evil: so shall no harm come unto thee.
Depart from the thing that is wicked, and sin shall turn away from thee.
My son, sow not upon the sorrows of unrighteousness, lest that thou reap them seven fold.
Ask not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the King the seat of honor.
Justify not thyself before the Lord: [for he knows thine heart,] and boast not thy wisdom in the presence of the King.
Seek not to be made a judge, lest thou be not able to take away iniquity, and lest thou, fearing the person of the mighty, should commit an offense against thine uprightness.
Offend not against the multitude of a city, and cast not thyself among the people.
Bind not two sins together: for in one sin shalt thou not be unpunished.
Say not, God will look upon the multitude of mine oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it.
Be not faint hearted, when thou make thy prayer, neither slack in giving of alms.
Laugh no man to scorn in the heaviness of his soul: for [God which sees all things] is he that can bring down, and set up again.
Sow not a lie against thy brother, neither do the same against thy friend.
Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
Make not many words when thou art among the Elders, neither repeat a thing in thy prayer.
Hate not laborious work, neither the husbandry, which the most High hath created.
Number not thyself in the multitude of the wicked, but remember that vengeance will not slack.
Humble thy mind greatly: for the vengeance of the wicked is fire and worms.
Give not over thy friend for any good, nor thy true brother for the gold of Ophir.
Depart not from a wife and good woman, [that is fallen unto thee for thy portion in the fear of the Lord:] for her grace is above gold.
Where as thy servant works truly, entreat him not evil, nor the hireling that bestows himself wholy for thee.
Let thy soul love a good servant, and defraud him not of liberty, [neither leave him a poor man.]
If thou have cattle, look well to them, and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.
If thou have sons, instruct them, and hold their neck from their youth.
If thou have daughters, keep their body, and show not thy face therefore toward them.
Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou perform a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.
If thou have a wife after thy mind, forsake her not, but commit not thyself to the hateful.
Honor thy father from thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.
Remember that thou wast born of them, and how canst thou recompense them the thing that they have done for thee?
Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and honor his ministers.
Love him that made thee, with all thy strength, and forsake not his servants.
Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and honor the Priests, and give them their portion, as it is commanded thee, the first fruits, [and purifications] and sacrifices for sin, and the offerings of the shoulders, and the sacrifices of sanctification, and the first fruit of the holy things.
Stretch thine hand unto the poor that thy blessing, [and reconciliation] may be accomplished.
Liberality pleases all men living, and from the dead restrain it not.
Let not them that weep, be without [comfort:] but mourn with such as mourn.
Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.
Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.
Ecclesiasticus 8
We must take heed with whom we have to do.
STRIVE not with a mighty man, lest thou fall into his hands.
Make not variance with a rich man, lest he on the other side weigh down thy weight: for gold [and silver] hath destroyed many and hath subverted the hearts of Kings.
Strive not with a man that is full of words, and lay no sticks upon his fire.
Play not with a man that is untaught, lest thy kindred be dishonored.
Despite not a man that turns himself away from sin, nor cast him not in the teeth with all, but remember that we are all worthy blame.
Dishonor not a man in his old age: for they were as which are not old.
Be not glad of the death of thine enemy, but remember that we must die all, [and so enter into joy.]
Despise not the exhortation of the [Elders] that be wise, but acquaint thyself with their wise sentences: for of them thou shalt learn wisdom, [and the doctrine of understanding,] and how to serve great men [without complaint.]
Go not from the doctrine of Elders: for they have learned it of their fathers, and of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to make answer in the time of need.
Kindle not the coals of sinners, [when thou rebuke them,] lest thou be burnt in the fiery flames [of their sins.]
Rise not up against him that does wrong, that he lay not wait as a spy for thy mouth.
Lend not unto him that is mightier than thyself: for if thou lend him, count it but lost.
Be not surety about thy power: for if thou be surety, think to pay it.
Go not to law with the judge: for they will give sentence according to his own honor.
Travail not by the way with him that is rash, lest he do thee injury: for he follows his own willfulness, and so shalt thou perish through his folly.
Strive not with him that is angry, and go not with him into the wilderness: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help, he will overthrow thee.
Take no counsel at a fool: for he can not keep a thing close.
Do no secret thing before a stranger: for thou canst not tell what he goes about.
Open not thine heart unto every man, lest he be unthankable to thee, [and put thee to reprove.]
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