Ecclesiasticus 41
2 Of the remembrance of death. 3 Death is not to be feared. 8 A curse upon them that forsake the Law of God. 12 Good name and fame. 14 An exhortation to give heed unto wisdom. 17 Of what things a man ought to be ashamed.
O Death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that lives at rest in his possessions, unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things: yea, unto him that yet is able to receive meat!
O death, how acceptable is thy judgment unto the needful, and unto him whose strength fails, and that is now in the last age, and is vexed with all things, and to him that despairs, and hath lost patience!
Fear not the judgment of death: remember them that have been before thee, and that come after: this is the ordinance of the Lord over all flesh.
And why would thou be against the pleasure of the most High? whether it be ten or an hundred, or a thousand years, there is no defense for life against the grave.
The children of the ungodly are abominable children, and so are they that keep company with the ungodly.
The inheritance of ungodly children shall perish, and their posterity shall have a perpetual shame.
The children complain of an ungodly father, because their posterity shall have a perpetual shame.
The children complain of an ungodly father, because they are reproached for his sake.
Woe be unto yo, o ye ungodly, which have forsaken the Law of the most High God: for though you increase, yet shall you perish.
If ye be born, ye shall be born to cursing: if ye die, the curse shall be your portion.
All that is of the earth, shall turn to earth again: so the ungodly go from the curse to destruction.
Though men mourn for their body, yet the wicked name of the ungodly shall be put out.
Have regard to thy name: for that shall continue with thee above a thousand treasures of gold.
A good life hath the days numbered: but a good name endures ever.
My children, keep wisdom in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both?
A man that hides his foolishness, is better than a man that hides his wisdom.
Therefore bear reverence unto my words: for it is not good in all things to be ashamed: neither are all things allowed as faithful in all men.
Be ashamed of whoredom before father and mother: be ashamed of lies before the prince and men of authority:
Of sin before the judge and ruler: of offense before the congregation and people: of unrighteousness before a companion and friend,
And of theft before the place where thou dwell, and before the truth of God and his covenant, and to lean with thine elbows upon the bread, or to be reproved for giving or taking.
And of silence unto them that salute thee, and to look upon an harlot,
And to turn away thy face from thy kinsman: or to take away a portion of a gift, or to be evil minded toward another man’s wife,
Or to solicit any man’s maid, or to stand by her bed, or to reproach thy friends with words,
Or to upbraid when thou give anything, or to report a matter that thou have heard, or to revile secret words.
Thus may thou well be shamefast, and shalt find favor with all men.
Ecclesiasticus 42
2 The Law of God must be taught. 9 A daughter. 14 A woman. 18 God knows all things, yea, even the secrets of thine heart.
OF these things be not thou ashamed, neither have regard to offend for any person,
Of the Law of the most High and his covenant, and of judgment to justify the godly:
Of the cause of thy companion, and of strangers, or of distributing the heritage among friends:
To be diligent to keep true balance, and weight, whether thou have much or little:
To sell merchandise at an indifferent price, and to correct thy children diligently, and to beat an evil servant to the blood:
To set a good look where an evil wife is, and to look where many hands are:
If thou give any thing by number, and weight, to put all in writing, both that that is given out, and that that is received again:
To teach the unlearned, and the unwise, and the aged, that contend against the young: thus shalt thou be well instructed, and approved of all men living.
The daughter makes the father to watch ssecretly, and the carefulness that he hath for her, takes away his sleep in the youth, lest she should pass the flower of her age: and when she hath an husband, lest she should he hated:
In her virginity, lest she should be deflowered, or gotten with child in her father’s house, and, when she is with her husband, lest she misbehave herself: and when she is married, lest she continue unfruitful.
If thy daughter be unshamefast, keep her straightly, lest she cause thine enemies to laugh thee to scorn, and make thee a common talk in the city, and disfame thee among the people, and bring thee to public shame.
Behold not every body’s beauty, and company not among women.
For as the moth comes out of garments: so does wickedness of the woman.
The wickedness of a man is better than the good entreaty of a woman, to wit, of a woman that is in shame, and reproach.
I will remember the works of the Lord, and declare the thing that I have seen: by the word of the Lord are his works.
The sun that shines, looks upon all things, and all the work thereof is full of the glory of the Lord.
Hath not the Lord appointed that his Saints should declare all his wondrous works, which the almighty Lord hath established to continue all things by in his majesty?
He seeks out th edepth, and the heart, and he knows their practices: for the Lord knows all science, and he beholds the signs of th eworld.
He declares the things that are past, and for to come, and discloses the paths of things that are secret.
No thought may escape him, neither may any word be hid from him.
He hath garnished the excellent works of his wisdom, and he is from everlasting to everlasting, and for ever: unto him may nothing be added neither can he be diminished: he hath no need of any counselor.
Oh, how delectable are all his works, and to be considered even unto the sparks of fire!
They live all, and endure forever: and when soever need is, they are all obedient.
They are all double, one against another: he hath made nothing that has any fault.
The one commends the goodness of the other, and who can be satisfied with beholding God’s glory?
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