Verses with the word a in the Apocrypha (1365 verses; showing verse 501 - 1000):

Sirach 7:33
A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.

Sirach 8:1
Strive not with a mighty man' lest thou fall into his hands.

Sirach 8:2
Be not at variance with a rich man, lest he overweigh thee: for gold hath destroyed many, and perverted the hearts of kings.

Sirach 8:3
Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.

Sirach 8:4
Jest not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be disgraced.

Sirach 8:5
Reproach not a man that turneth from sin, but remember that we are all worthy of punishment.

Sirach 8:6
Dishonour not a man in his old age: for even some of us wax old.

Sirach 8:10
Kindle not the coals of a sinner, lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire.

Sirach 8:14
Go not to law with a judge; for they will judge for him according to his honour.

Sirach 8:15
Travel not by the way with a bold fellow, lest he become grievous unto thee: for he will do according to his own will, and thou shalt perish with him through his folly.

Sirach 8:16
Strive not with an angry man, and go not with him into a solitary place: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help, he will overthrow thee.

Sirach 8:17
Consult not with a fool; for he cannot keep counsel.

Sirach 8:18
Do no secret thing before a stranger; for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.

Sirach 8:19
Open not thine heart to every man, lest he requite thee with a shrewd turn.

Sirach 9:2
Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance.

Sirach 9:4
Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts.

Sirach 9:5
Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.

Sirach 9:8
Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.

Sirach 9:10
Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.

Sirach 9:11
Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.

Sirach 9:18
A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.

Sirach 10:1
A wise judge will instruct his people; and the government of a prudent man is well ordered.

Sirach 10:9
Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.

Sirach 10:10
The physician cutteth off a long disease; and he that is to day a king to morrow shall die.

Sirach 10:11
For when a man is dead, he shall inherit creeping things, beasts, and worms.

Sirach 10:18
Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman.

Sirach 10:19
They that fear the Lord are a sure seed, and they that love him an honourable plant: they that regard not the law are a dishonourable seed; they that transgress the commandments are a deceivable seed.

Sirach 10:23
It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding; neither is it convenient to magnify a sinful man.

Sirach 11:2
Commend not a man for his beauty; neither abhor a man for his outward appearance.

Sirach 11:9
Strive not in a matter that concerneth thee not; and sit not in judgment with sinners.

Sirach 11:21
Marvel not at the works of sinners; but trust in the Lord, and abide in thy labour: for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord on the sudden to make a poor man rich.

Sirach 11:25
In the day of prosperity there is a forgetfulness of affliction: and in the day of affliction there is no more remembrance of prosperity.

Sirach 11:26
For it is an easy thing unto the Lord in the day of death to reward a man according to his ways.

Sirach 11:27
The affliction of an hour maketh a man forget pleasure: and in his end his deeds shall be discovered.

Sirach 11:28
Judge none blessed before his death: for a man shall be known in his children.

Sirach 11:30
Like as a partridge taken [and kept] in a cage, so is the heart of the proud; and like as a spy, watcheth he for thy fall:

Sirach 11:32
Of a spark of fire a heap of coals is kindled: and a sinful man layeth wait for blood.

Sirach 11:33
Take heed of a mischievous man, for he worketh wickedness; lest he bring upon thee a perpetual blot.

Sirach 11:34
Receive a stranger into thine house, and he will disturb thee, and turn thee out of thine own.

Sirach 12:2
Do good to the godly man, and thou shalt find a recompence; and if not from him, yet from the most High.

Sirach 12:4
Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner.

Sirach 12:8
A friend cannot be known in prosperity: and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.

Sirach 12:9
In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will depart.

Sirach 12:11
Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a lookingglass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away.

Sirach 12:13
Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, or any such as come nigh wild beasts?

Sirach 12:14
So one that goeth to a sinner, and is defiled with him in his sins, who will pity?

Sirach 12:15
For a while he will abide with thee, but if thou begin to fall, he will not tarry.

Sirach 12:16
An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he imagineth how to throw thee into a pit: he will weep with his eyes, but if he find opportunity, he will not be satisfied with blood.

Sirach 13:1
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him.

Sirach 13:9
If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself, and so much the more will he invite thee.

Sirach 13:16
All flesh consorteth according to kind, and a man will cleave to his like.

Sirach 13:18
What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor?

Sirach 13:21
A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends.

Sirach 13:22
When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him: the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place.

Sirach 13:23
When a rich man speaketh, every man holdeth his tongue, and, look, what he saith, they extol it to the clouds: but if the poor man speak, they say, What fellow is this? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him.

Sirach 13:25
The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil: and a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.

Sirach 13:26
A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity; and the finding out of parables is a wearisome labour of the mind.

Sirach 14:3
Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money?

Sirach 14:6
There is none worse than he that envieth himself; and this is a recompence of his wickedness.

Sirach 14:8
The envious man hath a wicked eye; he turneth away his face, and despiseth men.

Sirach 14:9
A covetous man's eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul.

Sirach 14:10
A wicked eye envieth [his] bread, and he is a niggard at his table.

Sirach 14:14
Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee.

Sirach 14:17
All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is, Thou shalt die the death.

Sirach 14:18
As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.

Sirach 14:24
He that doth lodge near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls.

Sirach 14:25
He shall pitch his tent nigh unto her, and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are.

Sirach 15:2
And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.

Sirach 15:6
He shall find joy and a crown of gladness, and she shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.

Sirach 15:9
Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord.

Sirach 16:1
Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.

Sirach 16:3
Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.

Sirach 16:6
In the congregation of the ungodly shall a fire be kindled; and in a rebellious nation wrath is set on fire.

Sirach 16:12
As his mercy is great, so is his correction also: he judgeth a man according to his works

Sirach 16:21
It is a tempest which no man can see: for the most part of his works are hid.

Sirach 16:23
He that wanteth understanding will think upon vain things: and a foolish man erring imagineth follies.

Sirach 17:2
He gave them few days, and a short time, and power also over the things therein.

Sirach 17:6
Counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, ears, and a heart, gave he them to understand.

Sirach 17:17
For in the division of the nations of the whole earth he set a ruler over every people; but Israel is the Lord's portion:

Sirach 17:22
The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and he will keep the good deeds of man as the apple of the eye, and give repentance to his sons and daughters.

Sirach 18:7
When a man hath done, then he beginneth; and when he leaveth off, then he shall be doubtful.

Sirach 18:9
The number of a man's days at the most are an hundred years.

Sirach 18:10
As a drop of water unto the sea, and a gravelstone in comparison of the sand; so are a thousand years to the days of eternity.

Sirach 18:13
The mercy of man is toward his neighbour; but the mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh: he reproveth, and nurtureth, and teacheth and bringeth again, as a shepherd his flock.

Sirach 18:16
Shall not the dew asswage the heat? so is a word better than a gift.

Sirach 18:17
Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a gracious man.

Sirach 18:18
A fool will upbraid churlishly, and a gift of the envious consumeth the eyes.

Sirach 18:27
A wise man will fear in every thing, and in the day of sinning he will beware of offence: but a fool will not observe time.

Sirach 18:31
If thou givest thy soul the desires that please her, she will make thee a laughingstock to thine enemies that malign thee.

Sirach 18:33
Be not made a beggar by banqueting upon borrowing, when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt lie in wait for thine own life, and be talked on.

Sirach 19:1
A labouring man that A is given to drunkenness shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.

Sirach 19:3
Moths and worms shall have him to heritage, and a bold man shall be taken away.

Sirach 19:10
If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee; and be bold, it will not burst thee.

Sirach 19:11
A fool travaileth with a word, as a woman in labour of a child.

Sirach 19:12
As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh, so is a word within a fool's belly.

Sirach 19:13
Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: and if he have done it, that he do it no more.

Sirach 19:15
Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.

Sirach 19:21
If a servant say to his master, I will not do as it pleaseth thee; though afterward he do it, he angereth him that nourisheth him.

Sirach 19:23
There is a wickedness, and the same an abomination; and there is a fool wanting in wisdom.

Sirach 19:25
There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust; and there is one that turneth aside to make judgment appear; and there is a wise man that justifieth in judgment.

Sirach 19:26
There is a wicked man that hangeth down his head sadly; but inwardly he is full of deceit,

Sirach 19:27
Casting down his countenance, and making as if he heard not: where he is not known, he will do thee a mischief before thou be aware.

Sirach 19:29
A man may be known by his look, and one that hath understanding by his countenance, when thou meetest him.

Sirach 19:30
A man's attire, and excessive laughter, and gait, shew what he is.

Sirach 20:1
There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holdeth his tongue, and he is wise.

Sirach 20:4
As is the lust of an eunuch to deflower a virgin; so is he that executeth judgment with violence.

Sirach 20:7
A wise man will hold his tongue till he see opportunity: but a babbler and a fool will regard no time.

Sirach 20:9
There is a sinner that hath good success in evil things; and there is a gain that turneth to loss.

Sirach 20:10
There is a gift that shall not profit thee; and there is a gift whose recompence is double.

Sirach 20:11
There is an abasement because of glory; and there is that lifteth up his head from a low estate.

Sirach 20:12
There is that buyeth much for a little, and repayeth it sevenfold.

Sirach 20:13
A wise man by his words maketh him beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out.

Sirach 20:14
The gift of a fool shall do thee no good when thou hast it; neither yet of the envious for his necessity: for he looketh to receive many things for one.

Sirach 20:15
He giveth little, and upbraideth much; he openeth his mouth like a crier; to day he lendeth, and to morrow will he ask it again: such an one is to be hated of God and man.

Sirach 20:18
To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

Sirach 20:20
A wise sentence shall be rejected when it cometh out of a fool's mouth; for he will not speak it in due season.

Sirach 20:24
A lie is a foul blot in a man, yet it is continually in the mouth of the untaught.

Sirach 20:25
A thief is better than a man that is accustomed to lie: but they both shall have destruction to heritage.

Sirach 20:26
The disposition of a liar is dishonourable, and his shame is ever with him.

Sirach 20:27
A wise man shall promote himself to honour with his words: and he that hath understanding will please great men.

Sirach 20:31
Better is he that hideth his folly than a man that hideth his wisdom.

Sirach 20:32
Necessary patience in seeking the Lord is better than he that leadeth his life without a guide.

Sirach 21:2
Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest too near it, it will bite thee: the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, slaying the souls of men.

Sirach 21:3
All iniquity is as a two edged sword, the wounds whereof cannot be healed.

Sirach 21:5
A prayer out of a poor man's mouth reacheth to the ears of God, and his judgment cometh speedily.

Sirach 21:7
An eloquent man is known far and near; but a man of understanding knoweth when he slippeth.

Sirach 21:9
The congregation of the wicked is like tow wrapped together: and the end of them is a flame of fire to destroy them.

Sirach 21:12
He that is not wise will not be taught: but there is a wisdom which multiplieth bitterness.

Sirach 21:13
The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood: and his counsel is like a pure fountain of life.

Sirach 21:14
The inner parts of a fool are like a broken vessel, and he will hold no knowledge as long as he liveth.

Sirach 21:15
If a skilful man hear a wise word, he will commend it, and add unto it: but as soon as one of no understanding heareth it, it displeaseth him, and he casteth it behind his back.

Sirach 21:16
The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but grace shall be found in the lips of the wise.

Sirach 21:18
As is a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.

Sirach 21:20
A fool lifteth up his voice with laughter; but a wise man doth scarce smile a little.

Sirach 21:21
Learning is unto a wise man as an ornament of gold, and like a bracelet upon his right arm.

Sirach 21:22
A foolish man's foot is soon in his [neighbour's] house: but a man of experience is ashamed of him.

Sirach 21:23
A fool will peep in at the door into the house: but he that is well nurtured will stand without.

Sirach 21:24
It is the rudeness of a man to hearken at the door: but a wise man will be grieved with the disgrace.

Sirach 21:28
A whisperer defileth his own soul, and is hated wheresoever he dwelleth.

Sirach 22:1
A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace.

Sirach 22:2
A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man that takes it up will shake his hand.

Sirach 22:3
An evilnurtured man is the dishonour of his father that begat him: and a [foolish] daughter is born to his loss.

Sirach 22:4
A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that liveth dishonestly is her father's heaviness.

Sirach 22:6
A tale out of season [is as] musick in mourning: but stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time.

Sirach 22:7
Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together, and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep.

Sirach 22:8
He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber: when he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter?

Sirach 22:12
Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of his life.

Sirach 22:13
Talk not much with a fool, and go not to him that hath no understanding: beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, and never be disquieted with madness.

Sirach 22:14
What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a fool?

Sirach 22:15
Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, than a man without understanding.

Sirach 22:16
As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be loosed with shaking: so the heart that is stablished by advised counsel shall fear at no time.

Sirach 22:17
A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery.

Sirach 22:18
Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.

Sirach 22:20
Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away: and he that upbraideth his friend breaketh friendship.

Sirach 22:21
Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not: for there may be a returning [to favour.]

Sirach 22:22
If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend, fear not; for there may be a reconciliation: except for upbraiding, or pride, or disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for for these things every friend will depart.

Sirach 22:23
Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayest rejoice in his prosperity: abide stedfast unto him in the time of his trouble, that thou mayest be heir with him in his heritage: for a mean estate is not always to be contemned: nor the rich that is foolish to be had in admiration.

Sirach 22:24
As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so reviling before blood.

Sirach 22:25
I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide myself from him.

Sirach 22:27
Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom upon my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?

Sirach 23:4
O Lord, Father and God of my life, give me not a proud look, but turn away from thy servants always a haughty mind.

Sirach 23:10
For as a servant that is continually beaten shall not be without a blue mark: so he that sweareth and nameth God continually shall not be faultless.

Sirach 23:11
A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, and the plague shall never depart from his house: if he shall offend, his sin shall be upon him: and if he acknowledge not his sin, he maketh a double offence: and if he swear in vain, he shall not be innocent, but his house shall be full of calamities.

Sirach 23:12
There is a word that is clothed about with death: God grant that it be not found in the heritage of Jacob; for all such things shall be far from the godly, and they shall not wallow in their sins.

Sirach 23:14
Remember thy father and thy mother, when thou sittest among great men. Be not forgetful before them, and so thou by thy custom become a fool, and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse they day of thy nativity.

Sirach 23:16
Two sorts of men multiply sin, and the third will bring wrath: a hot mind is as a burning fire, it will never be quenched till it be consumed: a fornicator in the body of his flesh will never cease till he hath kindled a fire.

Sirach 23:17
All bread is sweet to a whoremonger, he will not leave off till he die.

Sirach 23:18
A man that breaketh wedlock, saying thus in his heart, Who seeth me? I am compassed about with darkness, the walls cover me, and no body seeth me; what need I to fear? the most High will not remember my sins:

Sirach 23:19
Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, and considering the most secret parts.

Sirach 24:3
I came out of the mouth of the most High, and covered the earth as a cloud.

Sirach 24:4
I dwelt in high places, and my throne is in a cloudy pillar.

Sirach 24:6
In the waves of the sea and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I got a possession.

Sirach 24:8
So the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and he that made me caused my tabernacle to rest, and said, Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thine inheritance in Israel.

Sirach 24:13
I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree upon the mountains of Hermon.

Sirach 24:14
I was exalted like a palm tree in En-gaddi, and as a rose plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a pleasant field, and grew up as a plane tree by the water.

Sirach 24:15
I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax, and as the fume of frankincense in the tabernacle.

Sirach 24:30
I also came out as a brook from a river, and as a conduit into a garden.

Sirach 24:31
I said, I will water my best garden, and will water abundantly my garden bed: and, lo, my brook became a river, and my river became a sea.

Sirach 25:1
In three things I was beautified, and stood up beautiful both before God and men: the unity of brethren, the love of neighbours, a man and a wife that agree together.

Sirach 25:2
Three sorts of men my soul hateth, and I am greatly offended at their life: a poor man that is proud, a rich man that is a liar, and an old adulterer that doateth.

Sirach 25:4
O how comely a thing is judgment for gray hairs, and for ancient men to know counsel!

Sirach 25:7
There be nine things which I have judged in mine heart to be happy, and the tenth I will utter with my tongue: A man that hath joy of his children; and he that liveth to see the fall of his enemy:

Sirach 25:8
Well is him that dwelleth with a wife of understanding, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served a man more unworthy than himself:

Sirach 25:13
[Give me] any plague, but the plague of the heart: and any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:

Sirach 25:15
There is no head above the head of a serpent; and there is no wrath above the wrath of an enemy.

Sirach 25:16
I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon, than to keep house with a wicked woman.

Sirach 25:17
The wickedness of a woman changeth her face, and darkeneth her countenance like sackcloth.

Sirach 25:19
All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman: let the portion of a sinner fall upon her.

Sirach 25:20
As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.

Sirach 25:21
Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, and desire her not for pleasure.

Sirach 25:22
A woman, if she maintain her husband, is full of anger, impudence, and much reproach.

Sirach 25:23
A wicked woman abateth the courage, maketh an heavy countenance and a wounded heart: a woman that will not comfort her husband in distress maketh weak hands and feeble knees.

Sirach 25:25
Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.

Sirach 25:26
If she go not as thou wouldest have her, cut her off from thy flesh, and give her a bill of divorce, and let her go.

Sirach 26:1
Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife, for the number of his days shall be double.

Sirach 26:2
A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband, and he shall fulfill the years of his life in peace.

Sirach 26:3
A good wife is a good portion, which shall be given in the portion of them that fear the Lord.

Sirach 26:4
Whether a man be rich or poor, if he have a good heart toward the Lord, he shall at all times rejoice with a cheerful countenance.

Sirach 26:5
There be three things that mine heart feareth; and for the fourth I was sore afraid: the slander of a city, the gathering together of an unruly multitude, and a false accusation: all these are worse than death.

Sirach 26:6
But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous over another woman, and a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.

Sirach 26:7
An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.

Sirach 26:8
A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, and she will not cover her own shame.

Sirach 26:9
The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids.

Sirach 26:12
She will open her mouth, as a thirsty traveller when he hath found a fountain, and drink of every water near her: by every hedge will she sit down, and open her quiver against every arrow.

Sirach 26:13
The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fatten his bones.

Sirach 26:14
A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord; and there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed.

Sirach 26:15
A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace, and her continent mind cannot be valued.

Sirach 26:16
As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; so is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house.

Sirach 26:18
As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; so are the fair feet with a constant heart.

Sirach 26:20
When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field, sow it with thine own seed, trusting in the goodness of thy stock.

Sirach 26:22
An harlot shall be accounted as spittle; but a married woman is a tower against death to her husband.

Sirach 26:23
A wicked woman is given as a portion to a wicked man: but a godly woman is given to him that feareth the Lord.

Sirach 26:24
A dishonest woman contemneth shame: but an honest woman will reverence her husband.

Sirach 26:25
A shameless woman shall be counted as a dog; but she that is shamefaced will fear the Lord.

Sirach 26:26
A woman that honoureth her husband shall be judged wise of all; but she that dishonoureth him in her pride shall be counted ungodly of all.

Sirach 26:27
A loud crying woman and a scold shall be sought out to drive away the enemies.

Sirach 26:28
There be two things that grieve my heart; and the third maketh me angry: a man of war that suffereth poverty; and men of understanding that are not set by; and one that returneth from righteousness to sin; the Lord prepareth such an one for the sword.

Sirach 26:29
A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.

Sirach 27:1
Many have sinned for a small matter; and he that seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes away.

Sirach 27:2
As a nail sticketh fast between the joinings of the stones; so doth sin stick close between buying and selling.

Sirach 27:3
Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear of the Lord, his house shall soon be overthrown.

Sirach 27:4
As when one sifteth with a sieve, the refuse remaineth; so the filth of man in his talk.

Sirach 27:6
The fruit declareth if the tree have been dressed; so is the utterance of a conceit in the heart of man.

Sirach 27:8
If thou followest righteousness, thou shalt obtain her, and put her on, as a glorious long robe.

Sirach 27:11
The discourse of a godly man is always with wisdom; but a fool changeth as the moon.

Sirach 27:18
For as a man hath destroyed his enemy; so hast thou lost the love of thy neighbor.

Sirach 27:19
As one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and shalt not get him again

Sirach 27:20
Follow after him no more, for he is too far off; he is as a roe escaped out of the snare.

Sirach 27:21
As for a wound, it may be bound up; and after reviling there may be reconcilement: but he that betrayeth secrets is without hope.

Sirach 27:25
Whoso casteth a stone on high casteth it on his own head; and a deceitful stroke shall make wounds.

Sirach 27:26
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that setteth a trap shall be taken therein.

Sirach 27:28
Mockery and reproach are from the proud; but vengeance, as a lion, shall lie in wait for them.

Sirach 28:4
He sheweth no mercy to a man, which is like himself: and doth he ask forgiveness of his own sins?

Sirach 28:8
Abstain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins: for a furious man will kindle strife,

Sirach 28:9
A sinful man disquieteth friends, and maketh debate among them that be at peace.

Sirach 28:10
As the matter of the fire is, so it burneth: and as a man's strength is, so is his wrath; and according to his riches his anger riseth; and the stronger they are which contend, the more they will be inflamed.

Sirach 28:11
An hasty contention kindleth a fire: and an hasty fighting sheddeth blood.

Sirach 28:14
A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driven them from nation to nation: strong cities hath it pulled down, and overthrown the houses of great men.

Sirach 28:15
A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours.

Sirach 28:20
For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron, and the bands thereof are bands of brass.

Sirach 28:23
Such as forsake the Lord shall fall into it; and it shall burn in them, and not be quenched; it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and devour them as a leopard.

Sirach 28:25
And weigh thy words in a balance, and make a door and bar for thy mouth.

Sirach 29:4
Many, when a thing was lent them, reckoned it to be found, and put them to trouble that helped them.

Sirach 29:5
Till he hath received, he will kiss a man's hand; and for his neighbour's money he will speak submissly: but when he should repay, he will prolong the time, and return words of grief, and complain of the time.

Sirach 29:8
Yet have thou patience with a man in poor estate, and delay not to shew him mercy.

Sirach 29:10
Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend, and let it not rust under a stone to be lost.

Sirach 29:13
It shall fight for thee against thine enemies better than a mighty shield and strong spear.

Sirach 29:16
A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety:

Sirach 29:18
Suretiship hath undone many of good estate, and shaken them as a wave of the sea: mighty men hath it driven from their houses, so that they wandered among strange nations.

Sirach 29:19
A wicked man transgressing the commandments of the Lord shall fall into suretiship: and he that undertaketh and followeth other men's business for gain shall fall into suits.

Sirach 29:22
Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man's house.

Sirach 29:24
For it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.

Sirach 29:26
Come, thou stranger, and furnish a table, and feed me of that thou hast ready.

Sirach 29:28
These things are grievous to a man of understanding; the upbraiding of houseroom, and reproaching of the lender.

Sirach 30:8
An horse not broken becometh headstrong: and a child left to himself will be wilful.

Sirach 30:12
Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he wax stubborn, and be disobedient unto thee, and so bring sorrow to thine heart.

Sirach 30:14
Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body.

Sirach 30:15
Health and good estate of body are above all gold, and a strong body above infinite wealth.

Sirach 30:16
There is no riches above a sound body, and no joy above the joy of the heart.

Sirach 30:17
Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.

Sirach 30:18
Delicates poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave.

Sirach 30:20
He seeth with his eyes and groaneth, as an eunuch that embraceth a virgin and sigheth.

Sirach 30:22
The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.

Sirach 30:25
A cheerful and good heart will have a care of his meat and diet.

Sirach 31:2
Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep,

Sirach 31:7
It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.

Sirach 31:12
If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.

Sirach 31:13
Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.

Sirach 31:16
Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour note, lest thou be hated.

Sirach 31:19
A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.

Sirach 31:24
But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.

Sirach 31:27
Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.

Sirach 31:30
Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.

Sirach 32:1
If thou be made the master [of a feast,] lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest; take diligent care for them, and so sit down.

Sirach 32:2
And when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place, that thou mayest be merry with them, and receive a crown for thy well ordering of the feast.

Sirach 32:4
Pour not out words where there is a musician, and shew not forth wisdom out of time.

Sirach 32:5
A concert of musick in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold.

Sirach 32:6
As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, so is the melody of musick with pleasant wine.

Sirach 32:10
Before the thunder goeth lightning; and before a shamefaced man shall go favour.

Sirach 32:16
They that fear the Lord shall find judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light.

Sirach 32:17
A sinful man will not be reproved, but findeth an excuse according to his will.

Sirach 32:18
A man of counsel will be considerate; but a strange and proud man is not daunted with fear, even when of himself he hath done without counsel.

Sirach 32:20
Go not in a way wherein thou mayest fall, and stumble not among the stones.

Sirach 32:21
Be not confident in a plain way.

Sirach 33:2
A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.

Sirach 33:3
A man of understanding trusteth in the law; and the law is faithful unto him, as an oracle.

Sirach 33:5
The heart of the foolish is like a cartwheel; and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.

Sirach 33:6
A stallion horse is as a mocking friend, he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.

Sirach 33:16
I awaked up last of all, as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers: by the blessing of the Lord I profited, and tred my winepress like a gatherer of grapes.

Sirach 33:22
In all thy works keep to thyself the preeminence; leave not a stain in thine honour.

Sirach 33:24
Fodder, a wand, and burdens, are for the ass; and bread, correction, and work, for a servant. .

Sirach 33:26
A yoke and a collar do bow the neck: so are tortures and torments for an evil servant.

Sirach 33:30
If thou have a servant, let him be unto thee as thyself, because thou hast bought him with a price.

Sirach 33:31
If thou have a servant, entreat him as a brother: for thou hast need of him, as of thine own soul: if thou entreat him evil, and he run from thee, which way wilt thou go to seek him?

Sirach 34:1
The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.

Sirach 34:2
Whoso regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.

Sirach 34:3
The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another, even as the likeness of a face to a face.

Sirach 34:5
Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain: and the heart fancieth, as a woman's heart in travail.

Sirach 34:8
The law shall be found perfect without lies: and wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.

Sirach 34:9
A man that hath travelled knoweth many things; and he that hath much experience will declare wisdom.

Sirach 34:16
For the eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, he is their mighty protection and strong stay, a defence from heat, and a cover from the sun at noon, a preservation from stumbling, and an help from falling.

Sirach 34:18
He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous; and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted.

Sirach 34:21
The bread of the needy is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood.

Sirach 34:22
He that taketh away his neighbour's living slayeth him; and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder.

Sirach 34:25
He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, what availeth his washing?

Sirach 34:26
So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?

Sirach 35:1
He that keepeth the law bringeth offerings enough: he that taketh heed to the commandment offereth a peace offering.

Sirach 35:2
He that requiteth a goodturn offereth fine flour; and he that giveth alms sacrificeth praise.

Sirach 35:3
To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord; and to forsake unrighteousness is a propitiation.

Sirach 35:7
The sacrifice of a just man is acceptable. and the memorial thereof shall never be forgotten.

Sirach 35:8
Give the Lord his honour with a good eye, and diminish not the firstfruits of thine hands.

Sirach 35:9
In all thy gifts shew a cheerful countenance, and dedicate thy tithes with gladness.

Sirach 35:10
Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee; and as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.

Sirach 35:13
He will not accept any person against a poor man, but will hear the prayer of the oppressed.

Sirach 36:20
A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.

Sirach 36:21
A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.

Sirach 36:22
The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.

Sirach 36:24
He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.

Sirach 36:26
Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city? so [who will believe] a man that hath no house, and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him?

Sirach 37:1
Every friend saith, I am his friend also: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.

Sirach 37:2
Is it not a grief unto death, when a companion and friend is turned to an enemy?

Sirach 37:4
There is a companion, which rejoiceth in the prosperity of a friend, but in the time of trouble will be against him.

Sirach 37:5
There is a companion, which helpeth his friend for the belly, and taketh up the buckler against the enemy.

Sirach 37:8
Beware of a counsellor, and know before what need he hath; for he will counsel for himself; lest he cast the lot upon thee,

Sirach 37:11
Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; neither with a coward in matters of war; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a buyer of selling; nor with an envious man of thankfulness; nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; nor with the slothful for any work; nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work; nor with an idle servant of much business: hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.

Sirach 37:12
But be continually with a godly man, whom thou knowest to keep the commandments of the Lord, whose, mind is according to thy mind, and will sorrow with thee, if thou shalt miscarry.

Sirach 37:14
For a man's mind is sometime wont to tell him more than seven watchmen, that sit above in an high tower.

Sirach 37:17
The countenance is a sign of changing of the heart.

Sirach 37:23
A wise man instructeth his people; and the fruits of his understanding fail not.

Sirach 37:24
A wise man shall be filled with blessing; and all they that see him shall count him happy.

Sirach 37:26
A wise man shall inherit glory among his people, and his name shall be perpetual.

Sirach 38:1
Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him.

Sirach 38:8
Of such doth the apothecary make a confection; and of his works there is no end; and from him is peace over all the earth,

Sirach 38:11
Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being.

Sirach 38:13
There is a time when in their hands there is good success.

Sirach 38:17
Weep bitterly, and make great moan, and use lamentation, as he is worthy, and that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: and then comfort thyself for thy heaviness.

Sirach 38:24
The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.

Sirach 38:27
So every carpenter and workmaster, that laboureth night and day: and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, and give themselves to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish a work:

Sirach 38:32
Without these cannot a city be inhabited: and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down:

Sirach 39:11
If he die, he shall leave a greater name than a thousand: and if he live, he shall increase it.

Sirach 39:13
Hearken unto me, ye holy children, and bud forth as a rose growing by the brook of the field:

Sirach 39:14
And give ye a sweet savour as frankincense, and flourish as a lily, send forth a smell, and sing a song of praise, bless the Lord in all his works.

Sirach 39:21
A man need not to say, What is this? wherefore is that? for he hath made all things for their uses.

Sirach 39:22
His blessing covered the dry land as a river, and watered it as a flood.

Sirach 39:34
So that a man cannot say, This is worse than that: for in time they shall all be well approved.

Sirach 40:3
From him that sitteth on a throne of glory, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes;

Sirach 40:4
From him that weareth purple and a crown, unto him that is clothed with a linen frock.

Sirach 40:6
A little or nothing is his rest, and afterward he is in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch, troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he were escaped out of a battle.

Sirach 40:13
The goods of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall vanish with noise, like a great thunder in rain.

Sirach 40:15
The children of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches: but are as unclean roots upon a hard rock.

Sirach 40:16
The weed growing upon every water and bank of a river shall be pulled up before all grass.

Sirach 40:17
Bountifulness is as a most fruitful garden, and mercifulness endureth for ever.

Sirach 40:18
To labour, and to be content with that a man hath, is a sweet life: but he that findeth a treasure is above them both.

Sirach 40:19
Children and the building of a city continue a man's name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both.

Sirach 40:21
The pipe and the psaltery make sweet melody: but a pleasant tongue is above them both.

Sirach 40:23
A friend and companion never meet amiss: but above both is a wife with her husband.

Sirach 40:27
The fear of the Lord is a fruitful garden, and covereth him above all glory.

Sirach 40:28
My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg.

Sirach 40:29
The life of him that dependeth on another man's table is not to be counted for a life; for he polluteth himself with other men's meat: but a wise man well nurtured will beware thereof.

Sirach 40:30
Begging is sweet in the mouth of the shameless: but in his belly there shall burn a fire.

Sirach 41:1
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth 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 is yet able to receive meat!

Sirach 41:4
And why art thou against the pleasure of the most High? there is no inquisition in the grave, whether thou have lived ten, or an hundred, or a thousand years.

Sirach 41:6
The inheritance of sinners' children shall perish, and their posterity shall have a perpetual reproach.

Sirach 41:9
And if ye be born, ye shall be born to a curse: and if ye die, a curse shall be your portion.

Sirach 41:10
All that are of the earth shall turn to earth again: so the ungodly shall go from a curse to destruction.

Sirach 41:12
Have regard to thy name; for that shall continue with thee above a thousand great treasures of gold.

Sirach 41:13
A good life hath but few days: but a good name endureth for ever.

Sirach 41:14
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both?

Sirach 41:15
A man that hideth his foolishness is better than a man that hideth his wisdom.

Sirach 41:17
Be ashamed of whoredom before father and mother: and of a lie before a prince and a mighty man;

Sirach 41:18
Of an offence before a judge and ruler; of iniquity before a congregation and people; of unjust dealing before thy partner and friend;

Sirach 41:21
And to turn away thy face from thy kinsman; or to take away a portion or a gift; or to gaze upon another man's wife.

Sirach 42:11
Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter, lest she make thee a laughingstock to thine enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and make thee ashamed before the multitude.

Sirach 42:13
For from garments cometh a moth, and from women wickedness.

Sirach 42:14
Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach.

Sirach 42:22
Oh how desirable are all his works! and that a man may see even to a spark.

Sirach 43:2
The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High:

Sirach 43:4
A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burneth the mountains three times more; breathing out fiery vapours, and sending forth bright beams, it dimmeth the eyes.

Sirach 43:6
He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of times, and a sign of the world.

Sirach 43:7
From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.

Sirach 43:12
It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it.

Sirach 43:20
When the cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into ice, it abideth upon every gathering together of water, and clotheth the water as with a breastplate.

Sirach 43:22
A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily, a dew coming after heat refresheth.

Sirach 43:32
There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works.

Sirach 44:8
There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported.

Sirach 44:11
With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance, and their children are within the covenant.

Sirach 44:17
Noah was found perfect and righteous; in the time of wrath he was taken in exchange [for the world;] therefore was he left as a remnant unto the earth, when the flood came.

Sirach 44:19
Abraham was a great father of many people: in glory was there none like unto him;

Sirach 45:1
And he brought out of him a merciful man, which found favour in the sight of all flesh, even Moses, beloved of God and men, whose memorial is blessed.

Sirach 45:3
By his words he caused the wonders to cease, and he made him glorious in the sight of kings, and gave him a commandment for his people, and shewed him part of his glory.

Sirach 45:7
An everlasting covenant he made with him and gave him the priesthood among the people; he beautified him with comely ornaments, and clothed him with a robe of glory.

Sirach 45:8
He put upon him perfect glory; and strengthened him with rich garments, with breeches, with a long robe, and the ephod.

Sirach 45:9
And he compassed him with pomegranates, and with many golden bells round about, that as he went there might be a sound, and a noise made that might be heard in the temple, for a memorial to the children of his people;

Sirach 45:10
With an holy garment, with gold, and blue silk, and purple, the work of the embroiderer, with a breastplate of judgment, and with Urim and Thummim;

Sirach 45:11
With twisted scarlet, the work of the cunning workman, with precious stones graven like seals, and set in gold, the work of the jeweller, with a writing engraved for a memorial, after the number of the tribes of Israel.

Sirach 45:12
He set a crown of gold upon the mitre, wherein was engraved Holiness, an ornament of honour, a costly work, the desires of the eyes, goodly and beautiful.

Sirach 45:16
He chose him out of all men living to offer sacrifices to the Lord, incense, and a sweet savour, for a memorial, to make reconciliation for his people.

Sirach 45:24
Therefore was there a covenant of peace made with him, that he should be the chief of the sanctuary and of his people, and that he and his posterity should have the dignity of the priesthood for ever:

Sirach 46:1
Jesus the son a Nave was valiant in the wars, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies, who according to his name was made great for the saving of the elect of God, and taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, that he might set Israel in their inheritance.

Sirach 46:7
In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephunne, in that they withstood the congregation, and withheld the people from sin, and appeased the wicked murmuring.

Sirach 46:11
And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory be blessed.

Sirach 46:13
Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord, established a kingdom, and anointed princes over his people.

Sirach 46:15
By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet, and by his word he was known to be faithful in vision.

Sirach 46:17
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.

Sirach 46:19
And before his long sleep he made protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man's goods, so much as a shoe: and no man did accuse him.

Sirach 47:4
Slew he not a giant, when he was yet but young? and did he not take away reproach from the people, when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling, and beat down the boasting of Goliath?

Sirach 47:6
So the people honoured him with ten thousands, and praised him in the blessings of the Lord, in that he gave him a crown of glory.

Sirach 47:11
The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn for ever: he gave him a covenant of kings, and a throne of glory in Israel.

Sirach 47:12
After him rose up a wise son, and for his sake he dwelt at large.

Sirach 47:13
Solomon reigned in a peaceable time, and was honoured; for God made all quiet round about him, that he might build an house in his name, and prepare his sanctuary for ever.

Sirach 47:14
How wise wast thou in thy youth and, as a flood, filled with understanding!

Sirach 47:21
So the kingdom was divided, and out of Ephraim ruled a rebellious kingdom.

Sirach 47:22
But the Lord will never leave off his mercy, neither shall any of his works perish, neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect, and the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away: wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob, and out of him a root unto David.

Sirach 48:1
Then stood up Elias the prophet as fire, and his word burned like a lamp.

Sirach 48:2
He brought a sore famine upon them, and by his zeal he diminished their number.

Sirach 48:5
Who didst raise up a dead man from death, and his soul from the place of the dead, by the word of the most High:

Sirach 48:9
Who was taken up in a whirlwind of fire, and in a chariot of fiery horses:

Sirach 48:12
Elias it was, who was covered with a whirlwind: and Eliseus was filled with his spirit: whilst he lived, he was not moved with the presence of any prince, neither could any bring him into subjection.

Sirach 48:15
For all this the people repented not, neither departed they from their sins, till they were spoiled and carried out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth: yet there remained a small people, and a ruler in the house of David:

Sirach 49:1
The remembrance of Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as musick at a banquet of wine.

Sirach 49:5
Therefore he gave their power unto others, and their glory to a strange nation.

Sirach 49:7
For they entreated him evil, who nevertheless was a prophet, sanctified in his mother's womb, that he might root out, and afflict, and destroy; and that he might build up also, and plant.

Sirach 49:11
How shall we magnify Zorobabel? even he was as a signet on the right hand:

Sirach 49:15
Neither was there a young man born like Joseph, a governor of his brethren, a stay of the people, whose bones were regarded of the Lord.

Sirach 50:6
He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full:

Sirach 50:9
As fire and incense in the censer, and as a vessel of beaten gold set with all manner of precious stones:

Sirach 50:10
And as a fair olive tree budding forth fruit, and as a cypress tree which groweth up to the clouds.

Sirach 50:12
When he took the portions out of the priests' hands, he himself stood by the hearth of the altar, compassed about, as a young cedar in Libanus; and as palm trees compassed they him round about.

Sirach 50:15
He stretched out his hand to the cup, and poured of the blood of the grape, he poured out at the foot of the altar a sweetsmelling savour unto the most high King of all.

Sirach 50:16
Then shouted the sons of Aaron, and sounded the silver trumpets, and made a great noise to be heard, for a remembrance before the most High.

Sirach 50:21
And they bowed themselves down to worship the second time, that they might receive a blessing from the most High.

Sirach 51:16
I bowed down mine ear a little, and received her, and gat much learning.

Sirach 51:21
My heart was troubled in seeking her: therefore have I gotten a good possession.

Sirach 51:22
The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward, and I will praise him therewith.

Sirach 51:28
Get learning with a great sum of money, and get much gold by her.

Baruch 1:6
They made also a collection of money according to every man's power:

Baruch 1:20
Wherefore the evils cleaved unto us, and the curse, which the Lord appointed by Moses his servant at the time that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land that floweth with milk and honey, like as it is to see this day.

Baruch 2:3
That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.

Baruch 2:4
Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.

Baruch 2:11
And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:

Baruch 2:13
Let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where thou hast scattered us.

Baruch 2:29
If ye will not hear my voice, surely this very great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations, where I will scatter them.

Baruch 2:30
For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiffnecked people: but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves.

Baruch 3:8
Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.

Baruch 3:10
How happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thine enemies' land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,

Baruch 4:3
Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.

Baruch 4:12
Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many, who for the sins of my children am left desolate; because they departed from the law of God.

Baruch 4:15
For he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.

Baruch 4:26
My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.

Baruch 4:30
Take a good heart, O Jerusalem: for he that gave thee that name will comfort thee.

Baruch 4:35
For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time.

Baruch 5:2
Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh from God; and set a diadem on thine head of the glory of the Everlasting.

Additions to Esther 10:5
For I remember a dream which I saw concerning these matters, and nothing thereof hath failed.

Additions to Esther 10:6
A little fountain became a river, and there was light, and the sun, and much water: this river is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen:

Additions to Esther 11:1
In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son, brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said was the same, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, that was in Jerusalem, had interpreted it.

Additions to Esther 11:2
In the second year of the reign of Artexerxes the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mardocheus the son of Jairus, the son of Semei, the son of Cisai, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream;

Additions to Esther 11:3
Who was a Jew, and dwelt in the city of Susa, a great man, being a servitor in the king's court.

Additions to Esther 11:5
Behold a noise of a tumult, with thunder, and earthquakes, and uproar in the land:

Additions to Esther 11:8
And lo a day of darkness and obscurity, tribulation and anguish, affliction and great uproar, upon earth.

Additions to Esther 11:10
Then they cried unto God, and upon their cry, as it were from a little fountain, was made a great flood, even much water.

Additions to Esther 12:4
And the king made a record of these things, and Mardocheus also wrote thereof.

Additions to Esther 13:2
After that I became lord over many nations and had dominion over the whole world, not lifted up with presumption of my authority, but carrying myself always with equity and mildness, I purposed to settle my subjects continually in a quiet life, and making my kingdom peaceable, and open for passage to the utmost coasts, to renew peace, which is desired of all men.

Additions to Esther 13:4
Declared unto us, that in all nations throughout the world there was scattered a certain malicious people, that had laws contrary to ail nations, and continually despised the commandments of kings, so as the uniting of our kingdoms, honourably intended by us cannot go forward.

Additions to Esther 14:5
From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family that thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers from all their predecessors, for a perpetual inheritance, and thou hast performed whatsoever thou didst promise them.

Additions to Esther 14:10
And open the mouths of the heathen to set forth the praises of the idols, and to magnify a fleshly king for ever.

Additions to Esther 14:16
Thou knowest my necessity: for I abhor the sign of my high estate, which is upon mine head in the days wherein I shew myself, and that I abhor it as a menstruous rag, and that I wear it not when I am private by myself.

Additions to Esther 15:8
Then God changed the spirit of the king into mildness, who in a fear leaped from his throne, and took her in his arms, till she came to herself again, and comforted her with loving words and said unto her,

Additions to Esther 16:10
For Aman, a Macedonian, the son of Amadatha, being indeed a stranger from the Persian blood, and far distant from our goodness, and as a stranger received of us,

Additions to Esther 16:23
That both now and hereafter there may be safety to us and the well affected Persians; but to those which do conspire against us a memorial of destruction.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:2
So when ye be come unto Babylon, ye shall remain there many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations: and after that I will bring you away peaceably from thence.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:8
And taking gold, as it were for a virgin that loveth to go gay, they make crowns for the heads of their gods.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:13
And he that cannot put to death one that offendeth him holdeth a sceptre, as though he were a judge of the country.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:14
He hath also in his right hand a dagger and an ax: but cannot deliver himself from war and thieves.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:16
For like as a vessel that a man useth is nothing worth when it is broken; even so it is with their gods: when they be set up in the temple, their eyes be full of dust through the feet of them that come in.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:24
The things wherein there is no breath are bought for a most high price.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:33
Whether it be evil that one doeth unto them, or good, they are not able to recompense it: they can neither set up a king, nor put him down.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:34
In like manner, they can neither give riches nor money: though a man make a vow unto them, and keep it not, they will not require it.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:36
They cannot restore a blind man to his sight, nor help any man in his distress.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:39
How should a man then think and say that they are gods, when even the Chaldeans themselves dishonour them?

Letter of Jeremiah 1:52
For neither can they set up a king in the land, nor give rain unto men.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:53
Neither can they judge their own cause, nor redress a wrong, being unable: for they are as crows between heaven and earth.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:58
Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods. or a pillar of wood in a a palace, than such false gods.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:67
The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a cover and help themselves.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:69
For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing: so are their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:70
And likewise their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold, are like to a white thorn in an orchard, that every bird sitteth upon; as also to a dead body, that is east into the dark.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:71
And ye shall know them to be no gods by the bright purple that rotteth upon them: and they themselves afterward shall be eaten, and shall be a reproach in the country.

Additions to Daniel 1:10
And now we cannot open our mouths, we are become a shame and reproach to thy servants; and to them that worship thee.

Additions to Daniel 1:16
Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be accepted.

Additions to Daniel 1:27
And made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.

Susanna 1:1
There dwelt a man in Babylon, called Joacim:

Susanna 1:2
And he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, a very fair woman, and one that feared the Lord.

Susanna 1:4
Now Joacim was a great rich man, and had a fair garden joining unto his house: and to him resorted the Jews; because he was more honourable than all others.

Susanna 1:14
So when they were gone out, they parted the one from the other, and turning back again they came to the same place; and after that they had asked one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust: then appointed they a time both together, when they might find her alone.

Susanna 1:15
And it fell out, as they watched a fit time, she went in as before with two maids only, and she was desirous to wash herself in the garden: for it was hot.

Susanna 1:21
If thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee: and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee.

Susanna 1:24
With that Susanna cried with a loud voice: and the two elders cried out against her.

Susanna 1:27
But when the elders had declared their matter, the servants were greatly ashamed: for there was never such a report made of Susanna.

Susanna 1:31
Now Susanna was a very delicate woman, and beauteous to behold.

Susanna 1:37
Then a young man, who there was hid, came unto her, and lay with her.

Susanna 1:38
Then we that stood in a corner of the garden, seeing this wickedness, ran unto them.


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