Ecclesiasticus 9
Of jealousy. 12 An old friend is to be preferred before a new. 18 Righteous men should be bidden to thy table.
BE not jealous over thy wife of thy bosom, neither teach her by thy means an evil lesson.
Give not thy life unto a woman, lest she overcome thy strength, [and so thou be confounded.]
Meet not an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.
Use not the company of a woman that is a singer, [and a dancer, neither hear her,] lest thou be taken by her craftiness.
Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by that that is precious in her.
Cast not thy mind upon harlots [in any manner of thing,] lest thou destroy [both thyself and] thine heritage.
Go not about gazing in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the secret places thereof.
Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon others beauty: for many have perished by the beauty of women: for through it love is kindled as a fire.
[Every woman that is an harlot, shall be trodden underfoot as dung, of every one that goes by the way.
Many wondering at the beauty of a strange woman, have been cast out: for her words burn as a fire.]
sit not at all with another man’s wife, [neither lie with her upon the bed,] nor banket [banquet, feast]*, lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire fall into destruction.
Forsake not an old friend: for the new shall not be like him: a new friend is as new wine: when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Desire not the honor [and riches] of a sinner: for you know not what shall be his end.
Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in, but remember that they shall not be found just unto their grave.
Keep thee from the man that hath power to slay: so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life: remember that thou goest in the midst of sinners, and that thou walk upon the towers of the city.
Try thy neighbor as near as thou can, and ask counsel of the wise.
Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the Law of the most High.
Let just men eat and drink with thee, and let thy rejoicing be in the fear of the Lord.
In the hands of the craftsman shall the works be commended, and the wise prince of the people by his word, [and the word by the wisdom of the Elders.]
A man full of words is dangerous in his city, and he that is rash in his talking, shall be hated.
Ecclesiasticus 10
3 Of Kings and judges. 7 Pride and covetousness are to be abhorred. 28 Labor is praised.
A wise judge will instruct his people with discretion: the governance of a prudent man is well ordered.
As the judge of the people is himself, so are his officers, and what manner of man the ruler of the city is, such are all they that dwell therein.
An unwise King destroys his people, but where they that be in authority, are men of understanding, there the city prospers.
The government of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, [and all iniquity of the nations is to be abhorred,] and when time is, he will set up a profitable ruler over it.
In the hand of God is the prosperity of man, and upon the scribes will he lay his honor.
Be not angry for any wrong, with thy neighbor, and do nothing by injurious practices.
Pride is hateful before God and man, and by both doeth one commit iniquity.
Because of unrighteous dealing and wrongs and riches gotten by deceit, the kingdom is translated from one people to another.
There is nothing worse then a covetous man: [why art thou proud, o earth and ashes? there is not a more wicked thing, then to love money:] for such one would even sell his soul, and his life every one is compelled to pull out his own bowels.
[All tyranny is of small endurance, and the disease that is hard to heal, is grievous to the physician.]
The physician cuts off the sore disease, and he that is today a King, tomorrow is dead.
Why is earth and ashes proud, seeing that when a man dies, he is the hair of serpents, beasts and worms?
The beginning of man’s pride, is to fall away from God, and to turn away his heart from his maker.
For pride is the original of sin, and he that has it, shall pour out abomination, til at last he be overthrown: therefore the Lord brings the persuasious [persuasion]* [of the wicked] to dishonor, and destroys them in the end.
The Lord hath cast down the thrones of the [proud] princes, and set up the meek in their stead.
The Lord plucks up the roots of the [proud] nations, and plants the lowly with glory among them.
The Lord overthrows the lands of the heathen, and destroys them unto the foundations of the earth: he causes them to wither away, and destroys them, and makes their memorial to cease out of the earth.
[God destroys the memorial of the proud, and leaves the remembrance of the humble.]
Pride was not created in men, neither wrath in the generation of women.
There is a seed of man, which is honorable seed: the honorable seed are they that fear the Lord: there is a seed of man, which is without honor: the seed without honor, are they that transgress the commandments of the Lord: it is a seed that remains which fears the Lord, and a fair plant, that love him: but they are a seed without honor, that despise the Law, and a deceivable seed that break the commandments.
He that is the chief among brethren, is honorable: so are they that fear the Lord in his sight.
The fear of the Lord causes that the kingdom fails not, but the kingdom is lost by cruelty and pride.
The fear of the Lord is the glory as well of the rich and the noble, as of the poor.
It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding neither is it convenient to magnify the rich that is a wicked man.
The great man and the judge and the men of authority, are honorable, yet is there none of them greater, then he that fears the Lord.
Unto the servant that is wise, shall they that are free, do service: he that hath knowledge, will not grudge when he is reformed, [and the ignorant shall not come to honor.]
Seek not excuses when thou should do thy work, neither be ashamed thereof through pride in the time of the adversity.
Better is he that labors and hath plenteousness of all things, then he that is gorgeous, and wants bread.
My son, get thyself praise by meekness, and esteem thyself as thou deserve.
Who will count him just that sins against himself? or honor him, that dishonors his own soul?
The poor is honored for his knowledge [and his fear,] but the rich is had in reputation because of his goods.
He that is honorable in poverty, how much more shall he be when he is rich? and he that is dishonest being rich, how much more will be so when he is in poverty?
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