Ecclesiasticus 27
3 Of the poor that would be rich. 5 The probation of the man that fears God. 13 The unconstantness of a fool. 16 The secrets of friends are not to be uttered. 26 The wicked imagine evil which turns upon himself.
BECAUSE of poverty have many sinned: and he that seeks to be rich, turns his eyes aside.
As a nail in the wall sticks fast between the joints of the stones, so does sin stick between the selling and the buying.
If he holds him not diligently in the fear of the Lord, his house shall soon be overthrown.
As when one sifts, the filthiness remains in the sieve, so the filth of man remains in his thought.
The furnace proves the potters vessel: so doth [temptation] try men’s thoughts.
The fruit declares if the trees have been trimmed: so the word [declareth] what man hath in his heart.
Praise no man except thou have heard his talk: for this is the trial of men.
If thou follow righteousness, thou shalt get her, and put her on as a fair garment, [and shalt dwell with her, and she shall defend thee for ever: and in the day of knowledge thou shalt find steadfastness.]
The birds resort unto their like: so does the truth turn unto them, that are practiced in her.
As the lion waits for the beast, so does sin upon them that do evil.
The talking of him that fears God, is all wisdom: as for a fool, he changes as the moon.
If thou be among the indiscreet, observe the time, but haunt still the assembly of them that are wise.
The talking of fools is grievous, and their sport is in the plaiser [pleasure]* of sin.
The talk of him that swears much, makes the hair to stand up: and to strive with such, stops the ears.
The strife of the proud is blood shedding, and their scoldings are grievous to hear.
Whoso discovers secrets, left his credit, and finds no friend after his will.
Love thy friend, and be faithful unto him: but if thou betray his secrets, thou shalt not get him again.
For as a man destroys his enemies, so do thou destroy the friendship of thy neighbor.
As one that lets a bird go out of his hand, so if thou give over thy friend, thou can not get him again.
Follow after him no more, for he is too far off: he is a roe escaped out of the snare: [for his soul is wounded.]
As for wounds, they may be bound up again, and an evil word may be reconciled: but whosoever betrays the secrets of a friend, hath lost all his credit.
He that winks with the eyes, imagines evil: and he that knows him, will let him alone.
When thou art present, he will speak sweetly, and praise thy words: but at the last he will turn his tale, and slander thy saying.
Many things have I hated, but nothing so evil as such one: for the Lord also hates him.
Whoso casts a stone on high, casts it upon his own head: and he that smites with guile, make a great wound.
Whoso digs a pit, shall fall therein, [and he that lays a stone in his neighbors way, shall stumble thereon,] and he that lays a snare for another, shall be taken in it himself.
He that works evil, shall be wrapped in evil, and shall not know from where they come unto him.
Mockery and reproach follow the proud, and vengeance lurks for them as a lion.
They that rejoice at the fall of the unrighteous, shall be taken in the snare, and anguish shall consume them before they die.
Dispite [to treat with contempt]* and anger are abominable things, and the sinful man is subject to them both.
Ecclesiasticus 28
1 We ought not to desire vengeance, but to forgive the offense. 13 Of the vices of the tongue, and the dangers thereof.
HE that seeks vengeance, shall find vengeance of the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins.
Forgive thy neighbor the hurt that he has done to thee, so shall thy sins be forgiven thee also, when thou pray.
Should a man bear hatred against a man, and desire forgiveness of the Lord?
He will show no mercy to a man, which is like himself: and will he ask forgiveness of his own sins?
If he that is but flesh, nourish hatred, [and ask pardon of God,] who will entreat for own sins?
Remember the end, and let enmity pass: imagine not death and destruction to another through anger, but persevere in the commandments.
Remember the commandments: so shalt thou not be rigorous against thy neighbor: [consider diligently] the covenant of the most High, and forgive his ignorance.
Beware of strife, and thou shalt make thy sins fewer: for an angry man kindles strife.
And the sinful man disquiets friends, and brings in false accusations among them that be at peace.
As the matter of the fire is, so it burns, and man’s anger is according to his power: and according to his riches his anger increases, and the more vehement the anger is, the more is he inflamed.
An hasty brawling kindles a fire, and an hasty fighting sheds blood: [a tongue that bears false witness, brings death.]
If thou blow the spark, it shall burn: if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched, and both these come out of the mouth.
Abhor the slanderer and double tongued: for such have destroyed many that were at peace.
The double tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities hath it broken down, and overthrown the houses of great men: [the strength of the people hath it brought down, and been the decay of mighty nations.]
The double tongue hath cast out many virtuous women, and robbed them of their labors.
Whoso hearkens unto it, shall never find rest, and never dwell quietly.
The stroke of the rod makes marks in the flesh, but the stroke of the tongue breaks the bones.
There be many that have perished by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.
Well is him that is kept from an evil tongue, and cometh not in the anger thereof, which hath not drawn in that yoke, neither hath been bound in the bands thereof.
For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron, and the bands of it are bands of brass.
The death thereof is an evil death: hell were better than such one.
It shall not have rule over them that fear God, neither shall they be burnt with the flame thereof.
Such as forsake the Lord, shall fall therein: and it shall burn them, and no man shall be able to quench it: it shall fall upon them as a lion, and devour them as a leopard.
Hedge thy possession with thorns, and make doors and bars for thy mouth.
Bind up thy silver and gold, and weigh thy words in a balance, and make a door and a bar, [and a sure bridle] for thy mouth.
Beware that thou slide not by it, and so fall before him that lives in wait, [and thy fall be incurable, even unto death.]
*WP4Y
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