Verses with the word the in the Apocrypha (4169 verses; showing verse 1501 - 2000):
Wisdom of Solomon 3:15
For glorious is the fruit of good labours: and the root of wisdom shall never fall away.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:16
As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:18
Or, if they die quickly, they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of trial.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:19
For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:1
Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known with God, and with men.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:2
When it is present, men take example at it; and when it is gone, they desire it: it weareth a crown, and triumpheth for ever, having gotten the victory, striving for undefiled rewards.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:3
But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, nor take deep rooting from bastard slips, nor lay any fast foundation.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:4
For though they flourish in branches for a time; yet standing not last, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:5
The imperfect branches shall be broken off, their fruit unprofitable, not ripe to eat, yea, meet for nothing.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:7
But though the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:9
But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:12
For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:14
For his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:15
This the people saw, and understood it not, neither laid they up this in their minds, That his grace and mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect unto his chosen.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:16
Thus the righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly which are living; and youth that is soon perfected the many years and old age of the unrighteous.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:17
For they shall see the end of the wise, and shall not understand what God in his counsel hath decreed of him, and to what end the Lord hath set him in safety.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:18
They shall see him, and despise him; but God shall laugh them to scorn: and they shall hereafter be a vile carcase, and a reproach among the dead for evermore.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:19
For he shall rend them, and cast them down headlong, that they shall be speechless; and he shall shake them from the foundation; and they shall be utterly laid waste, and be in sorrow; and their memorial shall perish.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:20
And when they cast up the accounts of their sins, they shall come with fear: and their own iniquities shall convince them to their face.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:1
Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:2
When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:5
How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!
Wisdom of Solomon 5:6
Therefore have we erred from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:7
We wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction: yea, we have gone through deserts, where there lay no way: but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:10
And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves;
Wisdom of Solomon 5:11
Or as when a bird hath flown through the air, there is no token of her way to be found, but the light air being beaten with the stroke of her wings and parted with the violent noise and motion of them, is passed through, and therein afterwards no sign where she went is to be found;
Wisdom of Solomon 5:12
Or like as when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot know where it went through:
Wisdom of Solomon 5:14
For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:15
But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:16
Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:17
He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:20
His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:21
Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:22
And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.
Wisdom of Solomon 5:23
Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:1
Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:2
Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:3
For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:4
Because, being ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God;
Wisdom of Solomon 6:6
For mercy will soon pardon the meanest: but mighty men shall be mightily tormented.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:7
For he which is Lord over all shall fear no man's person, neither shall he stand in awe of any man's greatness: for he hath made the small and great, and careth for all alike.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:8
But a sore trial shall come upon the mighty.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:16
For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, sheweth herself favourably unto them in the ways, and meeteth them in every thought.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:17
For the very true beginning of her is the desire of discipline; and the care of discipline is love;
Wisdom of Solomon 6:18
And love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption;
Wisdom of Solomon 6:20
Therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth to a kingdom.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:21
If your delight be then in thrones and sceptres, O ye kings of the people, honour wisdom, that ye may reign for evermore.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:22
As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.
Wisdom of Solomon 6:24
But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:1
I myself also am a mortal man, like to all, and the offspring of him that was first made of the earth,
Wisdom of Solomon 7:2
And in my mother's womb was fashioned to be flesh in the time of ten months, being compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure that came with sleep.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:3
And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:6
For all men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:7
Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:10
I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for the light that cometh from her never goeth out.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:12
And I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom goeth before them: and I knew not that she was the mother of them.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:14
For she is a treasure unto men that never faileth: which they that use become the friends of God, being commended for the gifts that come from learning.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:15
God hath granted me to speak as I would, and to conceive as is meet for the things that are given me: because it is he that leadeth unto wisdom, and directeth the wise.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:17
For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that are, namely, to know how the world was made, and the operation of the elements:
Wisdom of Solomon 7:18
The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons:
Wisdom of Solomon 7:19
The circuits of years, and the positions of stars:
Wisdom of Solomon 7:20
The natures of living creatures, and the furies of wild beasts: the violence of winds, and the reasonings of men: the diversities of plants and the virtues of roots:
Wisdom of Solomon 7:22
For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit holy, one only, manifold, subtil, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good,
Wisdom of Solomon 7:25
For she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: therefore can no defiled thing fall into her.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:26
For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.
Wisdom of Solomon 7:29
For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:3
In that she is conversant with God, she magnifieth her nobility: yea, the Lord of all things himself loved her.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:4
For she is privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God, and a lover of his works.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:8
If a man desire much experience, she knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come: she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: she foreseeth signs and wonders, and the events of seasons and times.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:10
For her sake I shall have estimation among the multitude, and honour with the elders, though I be young.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:11
I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of great men.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:13
Moreover by the means of her I shall obtain immortality, and leave behind me an everlasting memorial to them that come after me.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:14
I shall set the people in order, and the nations shall be subject unto me.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:15
Horrible tyrants shall be afraid, when they do but hear of me; I shall be found good among the multitude, and valiant in war.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:18
And great pleasure it is to have her friendship; and in the works of her hands are infinite riches; and in the exercise of conference with her, prudence; and in talking with her, a good report; I went about seeking how to take her to me.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:21
Nevertheless, when I perceived that I could not otherwise obtain her, except God gave her me; and that was a point of wisdom also to know whose gift she was; I prayed unto the Lord, and besought him, and with my whole heart I said,
Wisdom of Solomon 9:2
And ordained man through thy wisdom, that he should have dominion over the creatures which thou hast made,
Wisdom of Solomon 9:3
And order the world according to equity and righteousness, and execute judgment with an upright heart:
Wisdom of Solomon 9:5
For I thy servant and son of thine handmaid am a feeble person, and of a short time, and too young for the understanding of judgment and laws.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:6
For though a man be never so perfect among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:8
Thou hast commanded me to build a temple upon thy holy mount, and an altar in the city wherein thou dwellest, a resemblance of the holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:9
And wisdom was with thee: which knoweth thy works, and was present when thou madest the world, and knew what was acceptable in thy sight, and right in thy commandments.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:10
O send her out of thy holy heavens, and from the throne of thy glory, that being present she may labour with me, that I may know what is pleasing unto thee.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:13
For what man is he that can know the counsel of God? or who can think what the will of the Lord is?
Wisdom of Solomon 9:14
For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:15
For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things.
Wisdom of Solomon 9:16
And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out?
Wisdom of Solomon 9:18
For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, and were saved through wisdom.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:1
She preserved the first formed father of the world, that was created alone, and brought him out of his fall,
Wisdom of Solomon 10:3
But when the unrighteous went away from her in his anger, he perished also in the fury wherewith he murdered his brother.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:4
For whose cause the earth being drowned with the flood, wisdom again preserved it, and directed the course of the righteous in a piece of wood of small value.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:5
Moreover, the nations in their wicked conspiracy being confounded, she found out the righteous, and preserved him blameless unto God, and kept him strong against his tender compassion toward his son.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:6
When the ungodly perished, she delivered the righteous man, who fled from the fire which fell down upon the five cities.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:7
Of whose wickedness even to this day the waste land that smoketh is a testimony, and plants bearing fruit that never come to ripeness: and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an unbelieving soul.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:8
For regarding not wisdom, they gat not only this hurt, that they knew not the things which were good; but also left behind them to the world a memorial of their foolishness: so that in the things wherein they offended they could not so much as be hid.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:10
When the righteous fled from his brother's wrath she guided him in right paths, shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him knowledge of holy things, made him rich in his travels, and multiplied the fruit of his labours.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:11
In the covetousness of such as oppressed him she stood by him, and made him rich.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:12
She defended him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those that lay in wait, and in a sore conflict she gave him the victory; that he might know that goodness is stronger than all.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:13
When the righteous was sold, she forsook him not, but delivered him from sin: she went down with him into the pit,
Wisdom of Solomon 10:14
And left him not in bonds, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him: as for them that had accused him, she shewed them to be liars, and gave him perpetual glory.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:15
She delivered the righteous people and blameless seed from the nation that oppressed them.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:16
She entered into the soul of the servant of the Lord, and withstood dreadful kings in wonders and signs;
Wisdom of Solomon 10:17
Rendered to the righteous a reward of their labours, guided them in a marvellous way, and was unto them for a cover by day, and a light of stars in the night season;
Wisdom of Solomon 10:18
Brought them through the Red sea, and led them through much water:
Wisdom of Solomon 10:19
But she drowned their enemies, and cast them up out of the bottom of the deep.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:20
Therefore the righteous spoiled the ungodly, and praised thy holy name, O Lord, and magnified with one accord thine hand, that fought for them.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:21
For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of them that cannot speak eloquent.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:1
She prospered their works in the hand of the holy prophet.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:2
They went through the wilderness that was not inhabited, and pitched tents in places where there lay no way.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:4
When they were thirsty, they called upon thee, and water was given them out of the flinty rock, and their thirst was quenched out of the hard stone.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:5
For by what things their enemies were punished, by the same they in their need were benefited.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:7
For a manifest reproof of that commandment, whereby the infants were slain, thou gavest unto them abundance of water by a means which they hoped not for:
Wisdom of Solomon 11:9
For when they were tried albeit but in mercy chastised, they knew how the ungodly were judged in wrath and tormented, thirsting in another manner than the just.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:10
For these thou didst admonish and try, as a father: but the other, as a severe king, thou didst condemn and punish.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:12
For a double grief came upon them, and a groaning for the remembrance of things past.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:13
For when they heard by their own punishments the other to be benefited, they had some feeling of the Lord.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:14
For whom they respected with scorn, when he was long before thrown out at the casting forth of the infants, him in the end, when they saw what came to pass, they admired.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:15
But for the foolish devices of their wickedness, wherewith being deceived they worshipped serpents void of reason, and vile beasts, thou didst send a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them for vengeance;
Wisdom of Solomon 11:16
That they might know, that wherewithal a man sinneth, by the same also shall he be punished.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:17
For thy Almighty hand, that made the world of matter without form, wanted not means to send among them a multitude of bears or fierce lions,
Wisdom of Solomon 11:19
Whereof not only the harm might dispatch them at once, but also the terrible sight utterly destroy them.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:20
Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one blast, being persecuted of vengeance, and scattered abroad through the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:21
For thou canst shew thy great strength at all times when thou wilt; and who may withstand the power of thine arm?
Wisdom of Solomon 11:22
For the whole world before thee is as a little grain of the balance, yea, as a drop of the morning dew that falleth down upon the earth.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:23
But thou hast mercy upon all; for thou canst do all things, and winkest at the sins of men, because they should amend.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:24
For thou lovest all the things that are, and abhorrest nothing which thou hast made: for never wouldest thou have made any thing, if thou hadst hated it.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:3
For it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our fathers both those old inhabitants of thy holy land,
Wisdom of Solomon 12:5
And also those merciless murderers of children, and devourers of man's flesh, and the feasts of blood,
Wisdom of Solomon 12:6
With their priests out of the midst of their idolatrous crew, and the parents, that killed with their own hands souls destitute of help:
Wisdom of Solomon 12:7
That the land, which thou esteemedst above all other, might receive a worthy colony of God's children.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:9
Not that thou wast unable to bring the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battle, or to destroy them at once with cruel beasts, or with one rough word:
Wisdom of Solomon 12:11
For it was a cursed seed from the beginning; neither didst thou for fear of any man give them pardon for those things wherein they sinned.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:12
For who shall say, What hast thou done? or who shall withstand thy judgment? or who shall accuse thee for the nations that perish, whom thou made? or who shall come to stand against thee, to be revenged for the unrighteous men?
Wisdom of Solomon 12:16
For thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because thou art the Lord of all, it maketh thee to be gracious unto all.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:19
But by such works hast thou taught thy people that the just man should be merciful, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope that thou givest repentance for sins.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:20
For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy children, and the condemned to death, with such deliberation, giving them time and place, whereby they might be delivered from their malice:
Wisdom of Solomon 12:22
Therefore, whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of thy goodness, and when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:24
For they went astray very far in the ways of error, and held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, being deceived, as children of no understanding.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:25
Therefore unto them, as to children without the use of reason, thou didst send a judgment to mock them.
Wisdom of Solomon 12:27
For, look, for what things they grudged, when they were punished, that is, for them whom they thought to be gods; [now] being punished in them, when they saw it, they acknowledged him to be the true God, whom before they denied to know: and therefore came extreme damnation upon them.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:1
Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is: neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster;
Wisdom of Solomon 13:2
But deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:3
With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:5
For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures proportionably the maker of them is seen.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:6
But yet for this they are the less to be blamed: for they peradventure err, seeking God, and desirous to find him.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:7
For being conversant in his works they search him diligently, and believe their sight: because the things are beautiful that are seen.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:9
For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?
Wisdom of Solomon 13:10
But miserable are they, and in dead things is their hope, who call them gods, which are the works of men's hands, gold and silver, to shew art in, and resemblances of beasts, or a stone good for nothing, the work of an ancient hand.
Wisdom of Solomon 13:11
Now a carpenter that felleth timber, after he hath sawn down a tree meet for the purpose, and taken off all the bark skillfully round about, and hath wrought it handsomely, and made a vessel thereof fit for the service of man's life;
Wisdom of Solomon 13:12
And after spending the refuse of his work to dress his meat, hath filled himself;
Wisdom of Solomon 13:13
And taking the very refuse among those which served to no use, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, hath carved it diligently, when he had nothing else to do, and formed it by the skill of his understanding, and fashioned it to the image of a man;
Wisdom of Solomon 14:1
Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass through the raging waves, calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carrieth him.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:2
For verily desire of gain devised that, and the workman built it by his skill.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:3
But thy providence, O Father, governeth it: for thou hast made a way in the sea, and a safe path in the waves;
Wisdom of Solomon 14:5
Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle, and therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood, and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:6
For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, and left to all ages a seed of generation.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:7
For blessed is the wood whereby righteousness cometh.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:9
For the ungodly and his ungodliness are both alike hateful unto God.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:11
Therefore even upon the idols of the Gentiles shall there be a visitation: because in the creature of God they are become an abomination, and stumblingblocks to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the unwise.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:12
For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:13
For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:14
For by the vain glory of men they entered into the world, and therefore shall they come shortly to an end.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:16
Thus in process of time an ungodly custom grown strong was kept as a law, and graven images were worshipped by the commandments of kings.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:17
Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:18
Also the singular diligence of the artificer did help to set forward the ignorant to more superstition.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:19
For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:20
And so the multitude, allured by the grace of the work, took him now for a god, which a little before was but honoured.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:21
And this was an occasion to deceive the world: for men, serving either calamity or tyranny, did ascribe unto stones and stocks the incommunicable name.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:22
Moreover this was not enough for them, that they erred in the knowledge of God; but whereas they lived in the great war of ignorance, those so great plagues called they peace.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:27
For the worshipping of idols not to be named is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:31
For it is not the power of them by whom they swear: but it is the just vengeance of sinners, that punisheth always the offence of the ungodly.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:3
For to know thee is perfect righteousness: yea, to know thy power is the root of immortality.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:4
For neither did the mischievous invention of men deceive us, nor an image spotted with divers colours, the painter's fruitless labour;
Wisdom of Solomon 15:5
The sight whereof enticeth fools to lust after it, and so they desire the form of a dead image, that hath no breath.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:7
For the potter, tempering soft earth, fashioneth every vessel with much labour for our service: yea, of the same clay he maketh both the vessels that serve for clean uses, and likewise also all such as serve to the contrary: but what is the use of either sort, the potter himself is the judge.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:8
And employing his labours lewdly, he maketh a vain god of the same clay, even he which a little before was made of earth himself, and within a little while after returneth to the same, out when his life which was lent him shall be demanded.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:9
Notwithstanding his care is, not that he shall have much labour, nor that his life is short: but striveth to excel goldsmiths and silversmiths, and endeavoureth to do like the workers in brass, and counteth it his glory to make counterfeit things.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:14
And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection, are most foolish, and are more miserable than very babes.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:15
For they counted all the idols of the heathen to be gods: which neither have the use of eyes to see, nor noses to draw breath, nor ears to hear, nor fingers of hands to handle; and as for their feet, they are slow to go.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:17
For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas he lived once, but they never.
Wisdom of Solomon 15:19
Neither are they beautiful, so much as to be desired in respect of beasts: but they went without the praise of God and his blessing.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:1
Therefore by the like were they punished worthily, and by the multitude of beasts tormented.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:3
To the end that they, desiring food, might for the ugly sight of the beasts sent among them lothe even that, which they must needs desire; but these, suffering penury for a short space, might be made partakers of a strange taste.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:5
For when the horrible fierceness of beasts came upon these, and they perished with the stings of crooked serpents, thy wrath endured not for ever:
Wisdom of Solomon 16:6
But they were troubled for a small season, that they might be admonished, having a sign of salvation, to put them in remembrance of the commandment of thy law.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:7
For he that turned himself toward it was not saved by the thing that he saw, but by thee, that art the Saviour of all.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:9
For them the bitings of grasshoppers and flies killed, neither was there found any remedy for their life: for they were worthy to be punished by such.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:10
But thy sons not the very teeth of venomous dragons overcame: for thy mercy was ever by them, and healed them.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:13
For thou hast power of life and death: thou leadest to the gates of hell, and bringest up again.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:14
A man indeed killeth through his malice: and the spirit, when it is gone forth, returneth not; neither the soul received up cometh again.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:16
For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thine arm: with strange rains, hails, and showers, were they persecuted, that they could not avoid, and through fire were they consumed.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:17
For, which is most to be wondered at, the fire had more force in the water, that quencheth all things: for the world fighteth for the righteous.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:18
For sometime the flame was mitigated, that it might not burn up the beasts that were sent against the ungodly; but themselves might see and perceive that they were persecuted with the judgment of God.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:19
And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above the power of fire, that it might destroy the fruits of an unjust land.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:21
For thy sustenance declared thy sweetness unto thy children, and serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:22
But snow and ice endured the fire, and melted not, that they might know that fire burning in the hail, and sparkling in the rain, did destroy the fruits of the enemies.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:23
But this again did even forget his own strength, that the righteous might be nourished.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:24
For the creature that serveth thee, who art the Maker increaseth his strength against the unrighteous for their punishment, and abateth his strength for the benefit of such as put their trust in thee.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:25
Therefore even then was it altered into all fashions, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all things, according to the desire of them that had need:
Wisdom of Solomon 16:26
That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovest, might know, that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man: but that it is thy word, which preserveth them that put their trust in thee.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:27
For that which was not destroyed of the fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, soon melted away:
Wisdom of Solomon 16:28
That it might be known, that we must prevent the sun to give thee thanks, and at the dayspring pray unto thee.
Wisdom of Solomon 16:29
For the hope of the unthankful shall melt away as the winter's hoar frost, and shall run away as unprofitable water.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:2
For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; they being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay [there] exiled from the eternal providence.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:4
For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: but noises [as of waters] falling down sounded about them, and sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:5
No power of the fire might give them light: neither could the bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:6
Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dreadful: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse than the sight they saw not.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:7
As for the illusions of art magick, they were put down, and their vaunting in wisdom was reproved with disgrace.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:10
They died for fear, denying that they saw the air, which could of no side be avoided.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:12
For fear is nothing else but a betraying of the succours which reason offereth.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:13
And the expectation from within, being less, counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:14
But they sleeping the same sleep that night, which was indeed intolerable, and which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,
Wisdom of Solomon 17:17
For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, or a labourer in the field, he was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:18
Whether it were a whistling wind, or a melodious noise of birds among the spreading branches, or a pleasing fall of water running violently,
Wisdom of Solomon 17:19
Or a terrible sound of stones cast down, or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains; these things made them to swoon for fear.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:20
For the whole world shined with clear light, and none were hindered in their labour:
Wisdom of Solomon 17:21
Over them only was spread an heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterward receive them: but yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:1
Nevertheless thy saints had a very great light, whose voice they hearing, and not seeing their shape, because they also had not suffered the same things, they counted them happy.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:3
Instead whereof thou gavest them a burning pillar of fire, both to be a guide of the unknown journey, and an harmless sun to entertain them honourably.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:4
For they were worthy to be deprived of light and imprisoned in darkness, who had kept thy sons shut up, by whom the uncorrupt light of the law was to be given unto the world.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:5
And when they had determined to slay the babes of the saints, one child being cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away the multitude of their children, and destroyedst them altogether in a mighty water.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:7
So of thy people was accepted both the salvation of the righteous, and destruction of the enemies.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:8
For wherewith thou didst punish our adversaries, by the same thou didst glorify us, whom thou hadst called.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:9
For the righteous children of good men did sacrifice secretly, and with one consent made a holy law, that the saints should be like partakers of the same good and evil, the fathers now singing out the songs of praise.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:10
But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies, and a lamentable noise was carried abroad for children that were bewailed.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:11
The master and the servant were punished after one manner; and like as the king, so suffered the common person.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:12
So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them: for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:13
For whereas they would not believe any thing by reason of the enchantments; upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged this people to be the sons of God.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:14
For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course,
Wisdom of Solomon 18:15
Thine Almighty word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war into the midst of a land of destruction,
Wisdom of Solomon 18:16
And brought thine unfeigned commandment as a sharp sword, and standing up filled all things with death; and it touched the heaven, but it stood upon the earth.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:18
And one thrown here, and another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:19
For the dreams that troubled them did foreshew this, lest they should perish, and not know why they were afflicted.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:20
Yea, the tasting of death touched the righteous also, and there was a destruction of the multitude in the wilderness: but the wrath endured not long.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:21
For then the blameless man made haste, and stood forth to defend them; and bringing the shield of his proper ministry, even prayer, and the propitiation of incense, set himself against the wrath, and so brought the calamity to an end, declaring that he was thy servant.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:22
So he overcame the destroyer, not with strength of body, nor force of arms, but with a word subdued him that punished, alleging the oaths and covenants made with the fathers.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:23
For when the dead were now fallen down by heaps one upon another, standing between, he stayed the wrath, and parted the way to the living.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:24
For in the long garment was the whole world, and in the four rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, and thy Majesty upon the daidem of his head.
Wisdom of Solomon 18:25
Unto these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for it was enough that they only tasted of the wrath.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:1
As for the ungodly, wrath came upon them without mercy unto the end: for he knew before what they would do;
Wisdom of Solomon 19:3
For whilst they were yet mourning and making lamentation at the graves of the dead, they added another foolish device, and pursued them as fugitives, whom they had intreated to be gone.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:4
For the destiny, whereof they were worthy, drew them unto this end, and made them forget the things that had already happened, that they might fulfill the punishment which was wanting to their torments:
Wisdom of Solomon 19:6
For the whole creature in his proper kind was fashioned again anew, serving the peculiar commandments that were given unto them, that thy children might be kept without hurt:
Wisdom of Solomon 19:7
As namely, a cloud shadowing the camp; and where water stood before, dry land appeared; and out of the Red sea a way without impediment; and out of the violent stream a green field:
Wisdom of Solomon 19:8
Wherethrough all the people went that were defended with thy hand, seeing thy marvellous strange wonders.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:10
For they were yet mindful of the things that were done while they sojourned in the strange land, how the ground brought forth flies instead of cattle, and how the river cast up a multitude of frogs instead of fishes.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:12
For quails came up unto them from the sea for their contentment.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:13
And punishments came upon the sinners not without former signs by the force of thunders: for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness, insomuch as they used a more hard and hateful behaviour toward strangers.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:14
For the Sodomites did not receive those, whom they knew not when they came: but these brought friends into bondage, that had well deserved of them.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:16
But these very grievously afflicted them, whom they had received with feastings, and were already made partakers of the same laws with them.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:17
Therefore even with blindness were these stricken, as those were at the doors of the righteous man: when, being compassed about with horrible great darkness, every one sought the passage of his own doors.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:18
For the elements were changed in themselves by a kind of harmony, like as in a psaltery notes change the name of the tune, and yet are always sounds; which may well be perceived by the sight of the things that have been done.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:19
For earthly things were turned into watery, and the things, that before swam in the water, now went upon the ground.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:20
The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue: and the water forgat his own quenching nature.
Wisdom of Solomon 19:21
On the other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of the corruptible living things, though they walked therein; neither melted they the icy kind of heavenly meat that was of nature apt to melt.
Sirach 1:1
All wisdom cometh from the Lord, and is with him for ever.
Sirach 1:2
Who can number the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of eternity?
Sirach 1:3
Who can find out the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the deep, and wisdom?
Sirach 1:4
Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
Sirach 1:5
The word of God most high is the fountain of wisdom; and her ways are everlasting commandments.
Sirach 1:6
To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed? or who hath known her wise counsels?
Sirach 1:7
[Unto whom hath the knowledge of wisdom been made manifest? and who hath understood her great experience?]
Sirach 1:8
There is one wise and greatly to be feared, the Lord sitting upon his throne.
Sirach 1:11
The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a crown of rejoicing.
Sirach 1:12
The fear of the Lord maketh a merry heart, and giveth joy, and gladness, and a long life.
Sirach 1:13
Whoso feareth the Lord, it shall go well with him at the last, and he shall find favour in the day of his death.
Sirach 1:14
To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and it was created with the faithful in the womb.
Sirach 1:16
To fear the Lord is fullness of wisdom, and filleth men with her fruits.
Sirach 1:17
She filleth all their house with things desirable, and the garners with her increase.
Sirach 1:18
The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, making peace and perfect health to flourish; both which are the gifts of God: and it enlargeth their rejoicing that love him.
Sirach 1:20
The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and the branches thereof are long life.
Sirach 1:21
The fear of the Lord driveth away sins: and where it is present, it turneth away wrath.
Sirach 1:22
A furious man cannot be justified; for the sway of his fury shall be his destruction.
Sirach 1:24
He will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall declare his wisdom.
Sirach 1:25
The parables of knowledge are in the treasures of wisdom: but godliness is an abomination to a sinner.
Sirach 1:26
If thou desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord shall give her unto thee.
Sirach 1:27
For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction: and faith and meekness are his delight.
Sirach 1:28
Distrust not the fear of the Lord when thou art poor: and come not unto him with a double heart.
Sirach 1:29
Be not an hypocrite in the sight of men, and take good heed what thou speakest.
Sirach 1:30
Exalt not thyself, lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy soul, and so God discover thy secrets, and cast thee down in the midst of the congregation, because thou camest not in truth to the fear of the Lord, but thy heart is full of deceit.
Sirach 2:1
My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation.
Sirach 2:5
For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
Sirach 2:7
Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and go not aside, lest ye fall.
Sirach 2:8
Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; and your reward shall not fail.
Sirach 2:9
Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and mercy.
Sirach 2:10
Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
Sirach 2:11
For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction.
Sirach 2:12
Woe be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two ways!
Sirach 2:14
Woe unto you that have lost patience! and what will ye do when the Lord shall visit you?
Sirach 2:15
They that fear the Lord will not disobey his Word; and they that love him will keep his ways.
Sirach 2:16
They that fear the Lord will seek that which is well, pleasing unto him; and they that love him shall be filled with the law.
Sirach 2:17
They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight,
Sirach 2:18
Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.
Sirach 3:2
For the Lord hath given the father honour over the children, and hath confirmed the authority of the mother over the sons.
Sirach 3:6
He that honoureth his father shall have a long life; and he that is obedient unto the Lord shall be a comfort to his mother.
Sirach 3:7
He that feareth the Lord will honour his father, and will do service unto his parents, as to his masters.
Sirach 3:9
For the blessing of the father establisheth the houses of children; but the curse of the mother rooteth out foundations.
Sirach 3:10
Glory not in the dishonour of thy father; for thy father's dishonour is no glory unto thee.
Sirach 3:11
For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father; and a mother in dishonour is a reproach to the children.
Sirach 3:14
For the relieving of thy father shall not be forgotten: and instead of sins it shall be added to build thee up.
Sirach 3:15
In the day of thine affliction it shall be remembered; thy sins also shall melt away, as the ice in the fair warm weather.
Sirach 3:18
The greater thou art, the more humble thyself, and thou shalt find favour before the Lord.
Sirach 3:19
Many are in high place, and of renown: but mysteries are revealed unto the meek.
Sirach 3:20
For the power of the Lord is great, and he is honoured of the lowly.
Sirach 3:21
Seek not out things that are too hard for thee, neither search the things that are above thy strength.
Sirach 3:22
But what is commanded thee, think thereupon with reverence, for it is not needful for thee to see with thine eyes the things that are in secret.
Sirach 3:25
Without eyes thou shalt want light: profess not the knowledge therefore that thou hast not.
Sirach 3:26
A stubborn heart shall fare evil at the last; and he that loveth danger shall perish therein.
Sirach 3:27
An obstinate heart shall be laden with sorrows; and the wicked man shall heap sin upon sin.
Sirach 3:28
In the punishment of the proud there is no remedy; for the plant of wickedness hath taken root in him.
Sirach 3:29
The heart of the prudent will understand a parable; and an attentive ear is the desire of a wise man.
Sirach 4:1
My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.
Sirach 4:4
Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.
Sirach 4:5
Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee:
Sirach 4:6
For if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.
Sirach 4:7
Get thyself the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to a great man.
Sirach 4:8
Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, and give him a friendly answer with meekness.
Sirach 4:9
Deliver him that suffereth wrong from the hand of the oppressor; and be not fainthearted when thou sittest in judgment.
Sirach 4:10
Be as a father unto the fatherless, and instead of an husband unto their mother: so shalt thou be as the son of the most High, and he shall love thee more than thy mother doth.
Sirach 4:13
He that holdeth her fast shall inherit glory; and wheresoever she entereth, the Lord will bless.
Sirach 4:14
They that serve her shall minister to the Holy One: and them that love her the Lord doth love.
Sirach 4:15
Whoso giveth ear unto her shall judge the nations: and he that attendeth unto her shall dwell securely.
Sirach 4:17
For at the first she will walk with him by crooked ways, and bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her laws.
Sirach 4:18
Then will she return the straight way unto him, and comfort him, and shew him her secrets.
Sirach 4:20
Observe the opportunity, and beware of evil; and be not ashamed when it concerneth thy soul.
Sirach 4:22
Accept no person against thy soul, and let not the reverence of any man cause thee to fall.
Sirach 4:24
For by speech wisdom shall be known: and learning by the word of the tongue.
Sirach 4:25
In no wise speak against the truth; but be abashed of the error of thine ignorance.
Sirach 4:26
Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.
Sirach 4:27
Make not thyself an underling to a foolish man; neither accept the person of the mighty.
Sirach 4:28
Strive for the truth unto death, and the Lord shall fight for thee.
Sirach 5:2
Follow not thine own mind and thy strength, to walk in the ways of thy heart:
Sirach 5:3
And say not, Who shall control me for my works? for the Lord will surely revenge thy pride.
Sirach 5:4
Say not, I have sinned, and what harm hath happened unto me? for the Lord is longsuffering, he will in no wise let thee go.
Sirach 5:6
And say not His mercy is great; he will be pacified for the multitude of my sins: for mercy and wrath come from him, and his indignation resteth upon sinners.
Sirach 5:7
Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord, and put not off from day to day: for suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth, and in thy security thou shalt be destroyed, and perish in the day of vengeance.
Sirach 5:8
Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten, for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity.
Sirach 5:9
Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue.
Sirach 5:10
Be stedfast in thy understanding; and let thy word be the same.
Sirach 5:13
Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall.
Sirach 5:14
Be not called a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue: for a foul shame is upon the thief, and an evil condemnation upon the double tongue.
Sirach 6:2
Extol not thyself in the counsel of thine own heart; that thy soul be not torn in pieces as a bull [straying alone.]
Sirach 6:8
For some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
Sirach 6:10
Again, some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction.
Sirach 6:16
A faithful friend is the medicine of life; and they that fear the Lord shall find him.
Sirach 6:17
Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright: for as he is, so shall his neighbour be also.
Sirach 6:20
She is very unpleasant to the unlearned: he that is without understanding will not remain with her.
Sirach 6:28
For at the last thou shalt find her rest, and that shall be turned to thy joy.
Sirach 6:34
Stand in the multitude of the elders; and cleave unto him that is wise.
Sirach 6:35
Be willing to hear every godly discourse; and let not the parables of understanding escape thee.
Sirach 6:36
And if thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.
Sirach 6:37
Let thy mind be upon the ordinances of the Lord and meditate continually in his commandments: he shall establish thine heart, and give thee wisdom at thine owns desire.
Sirach 7:2
Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee.
Sirach 7:3
My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.
Sirach 7:4
Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.
Sirach 7:5
justify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king.
Sirach 7:6
Seek not to be judge, being not able to take away iniquity; lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty, an stumblingblock in the way of thy uprightness.
Sirach 7:7
Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thyself down among the people.
Sirach 7:9
Say not, God will look upon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it.
Sirach 7:11
Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.
Sirach 7:12
Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the like to thy friend.
Sirach 7:13
Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
Sirach 7:15
Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.
Sirach 7:16
Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.
Sirach 7:17
Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.
Sirach 7:18
Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.
Sirach 7:20
Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil. nor the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee.
Sirach 7:27
Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.
Sirach 7:28
Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?
Sirach 7:29
Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests.
Sirach 7:31
Fear the Lord, and honor the priest; and give him his portion, as it is commanded thee; the firstfruits, and the trespass offering, and the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things.
Sirach 7:32
And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.
Sirach 7:33
A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.
Sirach 7:35
Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.
Sirach 7:36
Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.
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 8:8
Despise not the discourse of the wise, but acquaint thyself with their proverbs: for of them thou shalt learn instruction, and how to serve great men with ease.
Sirach 8:9
Miss not the discourse of the elders: for they also learned of their fathers, and of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give answer as need requireth.
Sirach 8:10
Kindle not the coals of a sinner, lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire.
Sirach 8:11
Rise not up [in anger] at the presence of an injurious person, lest he lie in wait to entrap thee in thy words
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 9:1
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
Sirach 9:4
Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts.
Sirach 9:7
Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof.
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 9:9
Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor sit down with her in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine; lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction.
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 9:12
Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.
Sirach 9:13
Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.
Sirach 9:14
As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult with the wise.
Sirach 9:15
Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High.
Sirach 9:16
And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
Sirach 9:17
For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
Sirach 10:1
A wise judge will instruct his people; and the government of a prudent man is well ordered.
Sirach 10:2
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.
Sirach 10:3
An unwise king destroyeth his people; but through the prudence of them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited.
Sirach 10:4
The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time he will set over it one that is profitable.
Sirach 10:5
In the hand of God is the prosperity of man: and upon the person of the scribe shall he lay his honour.
Sirach 10:8
Because of unrighteous dealings, injuries, and riches got by deceit, the kingdom is translated from one people to another.
Sirach 10:10
The physician cutteth off a long disease; and he that is to day a king to morrow shall die.
Sirach 10:12
The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God, and his heart is turned away from his Maker.
Sirach 10:13
For pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour out abomination: and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities, and overthrew them utterly.
Sirach 10:14
The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes, and set up the meek in their stead.
Sirach 10:15
The Lord hath plucked up the roots of the proud nations, and planted the lowly in their place.
Sirach 10:16
The Lord overthrew countries of the heathen, and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
Sirach 10:17
He took some of them away, and destroyed them, and hath made their memorial to cease from the earth.
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 10:20
Among brethren he that is chief is honorable; so are they that fear the Lord in his eyes.
Sirach 10:21
The fear of the Lord goeth before the obtaining of authority: but roughness and pride is the losing thereof.
Sirach 10:22
Whether he be rich, noble, or poor, their glory is the fear of the Lord.
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 10:24
Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured; yet is there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.
Sirach 10:25
Unto the servant that is wise shall they that are free do service: and he that hath knowledge will not grudge when he is reformed.
Sirach 10:26
Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in the time of thy distress.
Sirach 10:28
My son, glorify thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to the dignity thereof.
Sirach 10:30
The poor man is honoured for his skill, and the rich man is honoured for his riches.
Sirach 11:1
Wisdom lifteth up the head of him that is of low degree, and maketh him to sit among great men.
Sirach 11:3
The bee is little among such as fly; but her fruit is the chief of sweet things.
Sirach 11:4
Boast not of thy clothing and raiment, and exalt not thyself in the day of honour: for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his works among men are hidden.
Sirach 11:5
Many kings have sat down upon the ground; and one that was never thought of hath worn the crown.
Sirach 11:6
Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced; and the honourable delivered into other men's hands.
Sirach 11:7
Blame not before thou hast examined the truth: understand first, and then rebuke.
Sirach 11:8
Answer not before thou hast heard the cause: neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk.
Sirach 11:11
There is one that laboureth, and taketh pains, and maketh haste, and is so much the more behind.
Sirach 11:12
Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, wanting ability, and full of poverty; yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good, and set him up from his low estate,
Sirach 11:13
And lifted up his head from misery; so that many that saw from him is peace over all the
Sirach 11:14
Prosperity and adversity, life and death, poverty and riches, come of the Lord.
Sirach 11:15
Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the law, are of the Lord: love, and the way of good works, are from him.
Sirach 11:17
The gift of the Lord remaineth with the ungodly, and his favour bringeth prosperity for ever.
Sirach 11:18
There is that waxeth rich by his wariness and pinching, and this his the portion of his reward:
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 11:22
The blessing of the Lord is in the reward of the godly, and suddenly he maketh his blessing flourish.
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 11:29
Bring not every man into thine house: for the deceitful man hath many trains.
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 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 12:5
Do well unto him that is lowly, but give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not unto him, lest he overmaster thee thereby: for [else] thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done unto him.
Sirach 12:6
For the most High hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance unto the ungodly, and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment.
Sirach 12:7
Give unto the good, and help not the sinner.
Sirach 12:9
In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will depart.
Sirach 12:12
Set him not by thee, lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; neither let him sit at thy right hand, lest he seek to take thy seat, and thou at the last remember my words, and be pricked therewith.
Sirach 13:2
Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.
Sirach 13:3
The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threateneth withal: the poor is wronged, and he must intreat also.
Sirach 13:7
And he will shame thee by his meats, until he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at the last he will laugh thee to scorn afterward, when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.
Sirach 13:9
If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself, and so much the more will he invite thee.
Sirach 13:14
Love the Lord all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.
Sirach 13:17
What fellowship hath the wolf with the lamb? so the sinner with the godly.
Sirach 13:18
What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor?
Sirach 13:19
As the wild ass is the lion's prey in the wilderness: so the rich eat up the poor.
Sirach 13:20
As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich abhor the poor.
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 13:24
Riches are good unto him that hath no sin, and poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly.
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 14:1
Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins.
Sirach 14:2
Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.
Sirach 14:7
And if he doeth good, he doeth it unwillingly; and at the last he will declare 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 14:11
My son, according to thy ability do good to thyself, and give the Lord his due offering.
Sirach 14:12
Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee.
Sirach 14:14
Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee.
Sirach 14:16
Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul; for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave.
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 14:19
Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.
Sirach 14:20
Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom, and that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding.
Sirach 15:1
He that feareth the Lord will do good, and he that hath the knowledge of the law shall obtain her.
Sirach 15:3
With the bread of understanding shall she feed him, and give him the water of wisdom to drink.
Sirach 15:5
She shall exalt him above his neighbours, and in the midst of the congregation shall she open his mouth.
Sirach 15:9
Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord.
Sirach 15:10
For praise shall be uttered in wisdom, and the Lord will prosper it.
Sirach 15:11
Say not thou, It is through the Lord that I fell away: for thou oughtest not to do the things that he hateth.
Sirach 15:12
Say not thou, He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of the sinful man.
Sirach 15:13
The Lord hateth all abomination; and they that fear God love it not.
Sirach 15:14
He himself made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his counsel;
Sirach 15:15
If thou wilt, to keep the commandments, and to perform acceptable faithfulness.
Sirach 15:18
For the wisdom of the Lord is great, and he is mighty in power, and beholdeth all things:
Sirach 16:2
Though they multiply, rejoice not in them, except the fear of the Lord be with them.
Sirach 16:4
For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished: but the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.
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 16:7
He was not pacified toward the old giants, who fell away in the strength of their foolishness.
Sirach 16:8
Neither spared he the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for their pride.
Sirach 16:9
He pitied not the people of perdition, who were taken away in their sins:
Sirach 16:10
Nor the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts.
Sirach 16:11
And if there be one stiffnecked among the people, it is marvel if he escape unpunished: for mercy and wrath are with him; he is mighty to forgive, and to pour out displeasure.
Sirach 16:13
The sinner shall not escape with his spoils: and the patience of the godly shall not be frustrate.
Sirach 16:15
The Lord hardened Pharaoh, that he should not know him, that his powerful works might be known to the world.
Sirach 16:16
His mercy is manifest to every creature; and he hath separated his light from the darkness with an adamant.
Sirach 16:17
Say not thou, I will hide myself from the Lord: shall any remember me from above? I shall not be remembered among so many people: for what is my soul among such an infinite number of creatures?
Sirach 16:18
Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the deep, and the earth, and all that therein is, shall be moved when he shall visit.
Sirach 16:19
The mountains also and foundations of the earth be shaken with trembling, when the Lord looketh upon them.
Sirach 16:21
It is a tempest which no man can see: for the most part of his works are hid.
Sirach 16:22
Who can declare the works of his justice? or who can endure them? for his covenant is afar off, and the trial of all things is in the end.
Sirach 16:26
The works of the Lord are done in judgment from the beginning: and from the time he made them he disposed the parts thereof.
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