Ecclesiasticus 23
1 A prayer of the author. 13 Of oaths, blasphemy, and unwise communication. 16 Of three kinds of sins. 23 Many sins proceed of adultery. 27 Of the fear of God.
O Lord, Father and governor of all my whole life, leave me not to their counsel, and let me not fall by them.
Who will correct my thought, and put the doctrine of wisdom in mine heart, that they may not spare me in mine ignorance, neither let their faults pass?
Lest mine ignorance increase, and my sins abound to my destruction, and lest I fall before mine adversary, and mine enemies rejoice over me, whose hope is far from thy mercy.
O Lord, Father and God of my life, [leave me not in their imagination] neither give me a proud look, but turn away from thy servants a stout mind.
Take from me vain hope, and concupiscence, and retain him in obedience, that desires continually to serve thee.
Let not the greediness of the belly, nor lust of the flesh hold me, and give not me thy servant over into an impudent mind.
Hear, o ye children, the instruction of a mouth that shall speak truth: whoso keeps it, shall not perish through his lips, [nor be hurt by wicked works.]
The sinner shall be taken by hi sown lips: for the evil speaker and the proud do offend by them.
Accustom not thy mouth to swearing: [for in it there are many falls,] neither take up for a custom the naming of the Holy one: [for thou shalt not be unpunished for such things.]
For as a servant which is oft punished, can not be without some scar, so he that swears and names God continually, shall not be faultless.
A man that uses much swearing, shall be filled with wickedness, and the plague shall never go from his house: when he shall offend, his fault shall be upon him, and if he acknowledge not his sin, he makes a double offense: and if he swear in vain, he shall not be innocent, but his house shall be full of plagues.
There is a word which is clothed with death: God grant that it be not found in the heritage of Jacob: but they that fear God, eschew all such, and are not wrapped in sin.
Use not thy mouth to ignorant rashness: for therein is the occasion of sin.
Remember thy father and thy mother when thou art set among great men, lest thou be forgotten in their fight, and so through thy customs become a fool, and wish that thou had not been born, and curse the day of thy nativity.
The man that is accustomed to opprobrious [scorn/criticism]* words, will never be reformed all the days of his life.
There are two sorts [of men] that abound in sin, and the third brings wrath [and destruction:] a mind hot as fire, that can not be quenched til it be consumed: an adulterous man that gives his body no rest, til he have kindled a fire.
(All bread is sweet to a whoremonger: he will not leave off til he perish.)
A man that breaks wedlock, and thinks thus in his heart, Who sees me? I am compassed about with darkness: the walls cover me: nobody sees me: whom need I to fear? the most High will not remember my sins.
Such a man only fears the eyes of men, and knows not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, [and the ground of the deep,] and considers the most secret parts.
He knew all things or ever they were made, and after they be brought to pass also he looks upon them all.
The same man shall be punished in the streets of the city, [and shall be chased like a young horse foal,] and when he thinks not upon it, he shall be taken: [thus shall he be put to shame of every man, because he would not understand the fear of the Lord.]
And thus shall it go also with every wife, that leaves her husband, and gets inheritance by another.
For first she has disobeyed the Law of the most High, and secondly, she hath trespassed against her own husband, and thirdly, she hath played the whore in adultery, and gotten her children by another man.
She shall be brought out into the congregation, and examination shall be made of her children.
Her children shall not take root, and her branches shall bring forth no fruit.
A shameful report shall she leave, and her reproach shall not be put out.
And they that remain, shall know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord, and that there is nothing sweeter than to take heed unto the commandments of the Lord.
It is great glory to follow the Lord, and to be received of him is long life.
Ecclesiasticus 24
1 A praise of wisdom proceeding forth of the mouth of God. 6 Of her works and place where she rests. 20 She is given to the children of God.
WISDOM shall praise herself, [and be honored in God,] and they rejoice in the midst of her people.
In the congregation of the most High shall she open her mouth, and triumph before his power.
[In the midst of her people shall she be exalted, and wondered at in the holy assembly.
In the multitude of the chosen she shall be commended, and among such as be blessed, she shall be praised, and shall say,]
I am come out of the mouth of the most High, [first born before all creatures.
I caused the light that fails not, to arise in the heaven,] and covered the earth as a cloud.
My dwelling is above in the height, and my throne is in the pillars of the cloud.
I alone have gone round about the compass of heaven and have walked in the bottom of the depth.
I possessed the waves of the sea, and all the earth, and all people, and nation, [and with my power have I trodden down the hearts of all, both high and low.]
In all these things I sought rest, and a dwelling in some inheritance.
So the creator of all things gave me a commandment, and he that made me, appointed me a tabernacle, and said, Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and take thine inheritance in Israel, and root thyself among my chosen.
He created me from the beginning, and before the world, and I shall never fail: In the holy habitation have I served before him, and so was I established in Sion.
In the well beloved city gave he my rest, and in Jerusalem was my power.
I took root in an honorable people, even in the portion of the Lord’s inheritance.
I am set up on high like a cedar in Libanus, and as a ciper [Cyprus]* tree upon the mountains of Hermon.
I am exalted like a palm tree about the banks,and as a rose plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field, and am exalted as a plane [Platanus]* tree by the water.
I smelled as the cinnamon, and as a bag of spices: I gave a sweet odor as the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax [Styrax, fragrant balsam]*, and perfume of incense in a house.
As the terebinth [tree, Cashew]*, have I stretched out my branches, and my branches are the branches of honor and grace.
As the vine have I brought forth [fruit] of sweet savor, and my flowers re the fruit of honor and riches.
I am the mother of beautiful love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope: I give eternal things to all my children to whom God hath commanded.
[In me is all grace of life and truth: in me is all hope of life and virtue.]
Come unto me all ye that be desirous of me, and fill yourselves with my fruits.
For the remembrance of me is sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance [sweeter] then the honey comb: [the remembrance of me endures forever more.]
They that eat me, shall have the more hunger, and they that drink me, shall thirst the more.
Whoso hearkens unto me, shall not come to confusion, and they that work by me, shall not offend: [they that make me to be known, shall have everlasting life.]
All these things are the book [of life,] and the covenant of the most high God, [and the knowledge of the truth,] and the Law that Moses [in the precepts of righteousness] commanded for an heritage unto the house of Jacob, [and the promises pertaining unto Israel.]
Be not weary to behave yourselves valiantly with the Lord, that he may also confirm you: cleave unto him: for the Lord almighty is but one God, and besides him there is none other Savior.
[Out of David his servant he ordained to raise up a most mighty King that should sit in the throne of honor for evermore.]
He fills all things with his wisdom, as Physon, and as Tygris, in the time of the new fruits.
He makes the understanding to abound like Euphrates, and as Jordan in the time of the harvest.
He makes the doctrine of knowledge to appear as the light, and overflow as Geon in the time of the vintage.
The first man hath not known her perfectly: no more shall the last seek her out.
For her considerations are more abundant than the sea, and her counsel is profounder then the great deep.
I wisdom [have cast out floods:] I am as an arm of the river: I run into Paradise as a water conduit.
I said, I will water my fair garden, and will water my pleasant ground: and lo, my ditch became a flood, and my flood became a sea.
For I make doctrine to shine as the light of the morning, and I lighten it for ever.
[I will pierce through all the lower parts of the earth: I will look upon all such as be asleep, and lighten all them that trust in the Lord.]
I will yet pour out doctrine, as prophecy, and leave it unto all ages for ever.
Behold that I have not labored for myself only, but for all them that seek wisdom.
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