Verses with the word the in the Apocrypha (4169 verses; showing verse 2001 - 2500):
Sirach 16:27
He garnished his works for ever, and in his hand are the chief of them unto all generations: they neither labour, nor are weary, nor cease from their works.
Sirach 16:29
After this the Lord looked upon the earth, and filled it with his blessings.
Sirach 16:30
With all manner of living things hath he covered the face thereof; and they shall return into it again.
Sirach 17:1
The Lord created man of the earth, and turned him into it again.
Sirach 17:2
He gave them few days, and a short time, and power also over the things therein.
Sirach 17:4
And put the fear of man upon all flesh, and gave him dominion over beasts and fowls.
Sirach 17:5
They received the use of the five operations of the Lord, and in the sixth place he imparted them understanding, and in the seventh speech, an interpreter of the cogitations thereof.]
Sirach 17:7
Withal he filled them with the knowledge of understanding, and shewed them good and evil.
Sirach 17:8
He set his eye upon their hearts, that he might shew them the greatness of his works.
Sirach 17:10
And the elect shall praise his holy name.
Sirach 17:11
Beside this he gave them knowledge, and the law of life for an heritage.
Sirach 17:13
Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his glorious voice.
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 17:18
Whom, being his firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love doth not forsake him.
Sirach 17:19
Therefore all their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
Sirach 17:20
None of their unrighteous deeds are hid from him, but all their sins are before the Lord
Sirach 17:21
But the Lord being gracious and knowing his workmanship, neither left nor forsook them, but spared them.
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 17:25
Return unto the Lord, and forsake thy sins, make thy prayer before his face, and offend less.
Sirach 17:26
Turn again to the most High, and turn away from iniquity: for he will lead thee out of darkness into the light of health, and hate thou abomination vehemently.
Sirach 17:27
Who shall praise the most High in the grave, instead of them which live and give thanks?
Sirach 17:28
Thanksgiving perisheth from the dead, as from one that is not: the living and sound in heart shall praise the Lord.
Sirach 17:29
How great is the lovingkindness of the Lord our God, and his compassion unto such as turn unto him in holiness!
Sirach 17:30
For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal.
Sirach 17:31
What is brighter than the sun? yet the light thereof faileth; and flesh and blood will imagine evil.
Sirach 17:32
He vieweth the power of the height of heaven; and all men are but earth and ashes.
Sirach 18:2
The Lord only is righteous, and there is none other but he,
Sirach 18:3
Who governeth the world with the palm of his hand, and all things obey his will: for he is the King of all, by his power dividing holy things among them from profane.
Sirach 18:5
Who shall number the strength of his majesty? and who shall also tell out his mercies?
Sirach 18:6
As for the wondrous works of the Lord, there may nothing be taken from them, neither may any thing be put unto them, neither can the ground of them be found out.
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 18:18
A fool will upbraid churlishly, and a gift of the envious consumeth the eyes.
Sirach 18:20
Before judgment examine thyself, and in the day of visitation thou shalt find mercy.
Sirach 18:21
Humble thyself before thou be sick, and in the time of sins shew repentance.
Sirach 18:23
Before thou prayest, prepare thyself; and be not as one that tempteth the Lord.
Sirach 18:24
Think upon the wrath that shall be at the end, and the time of vengeance, when he shall turn away his face.
Sirach 18:25
When thou hast enough, remember the time of hunger: and when thou art rich, think upon poverty and need.
Sirach 18:26
From the morning until the evening the time is changed, and all things are soon done before the Lord.
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 18:32
Take not pleasure in much good cheer, neither be tied to the expence thereof.
Sirach 19:7
Rehearse not unto another that which is told unto thee, and thou shalt fare never the worse.
Sirach 19:17
Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him; and not being angry, give place to the law of the most High.
Sirach 19:18
The fear of the Lord is the first step to be accepted [of him,] and wisdom obtaineth his love.
Sirach 19:19
The knowledge of the commandments of the Lord is the doctrine of life: and they that do things that please him shall receive the fruit of the tree of immortality.
Sirach 19:20
The fear of the Lord is all wisdom; and in all wisdom is the performance of the law, and the knowledge of his omnipotency.
Sirach 19:22
The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, neither at any time the counsel of sinners prudence.
Sirach 19:23
There is a wickedness, and the same an abomination; and there is a fool wanting in wisdom.
Sirach 19:24
He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, is better than one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the most High.
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 20:4
As is the lust of an eunuch to deflower a virgin; so is he that executeth judgment with violence.
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 20:16
The fool saith, I have no friends, I have no thank for all my good deeds, and they that eat my bread speak evil of me.
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 20:19
An unseasonable tale will always be in the mouth of the unwise.
Sirach 20:24
A lie is a foul blot in a man, yet it is continually in the mouth of the untaught.
Sirach 20:26
The disposition of a liar is dishonourable, and his shame is ever with him.
Sirach 20:29
Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and stop up his mouth that he cannot reprove.
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 21:4
To terrify and do wrong will waste riches: thus the house of proud men shall be made desolate.
Sirach 21:5
A prayer out of a poor man's mouth reacheth to the ears of God, and his judgment cometh speedily.
Sirach 21:6
He that hateth to be reproved is in the way of sinners: but he that feareth the Lord will repent from his heart.
Sirach 21:8
He that buildeth his house with other men's money is like one that gathereth himself stones for the tomb of his burial.
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 21:10
The way of sinners is made plain with stones, but at the end thereof is the pit of hell.
Sirach 21:11
He that keepeth the law of the Lord getteth the understanding thereof: and the perfection of the fear of the Lord is wisdom.
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 21:16
The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but grace shall be found in the lips of the wise.
Sirach 21:17
They enquire at the mouth of the wise man in the congregation, and they shall ponder his words in their heart.
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 21:19
Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
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 21:25
The lips of talkers will be telling such things as pertain not unto them: but the words of such as have understanding are weighed in the balance.
Sirach 21:26
The heart of fools is in their mouth: but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
Sirach 21:27
When the ungodly curseth Satan, he curseth his own soul.
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 22:8
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 22:9
If children live honestly, and have wherewithal, they shall cover the baseness of their parents.
Sirach 22:10
But children, being haughty, through disdain and want of nurture do stain the nobility of their kindred.
Sirach 22:11
Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for the fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for he is at rest: but the life of the fool is worse than death.
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 22:14
What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a fool?
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 22:19
He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall: and he that pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge.
Sirach 22:20
Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away: and he that upbraideth his friend breaketh friendship.
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 23:2
Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over mine heart? that they spare me not for mine ignorances, and it pass not by my sins:
Sirach 23:6
Let not the greediness of the belly nor lust of the flesh take hold of me; and give not over me thy servant into an impudent mind.
Sirach 23:7
Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it shall never be taken in his lips.
Sirach 23:8
The sinner shall be left in his foolishness: both the evil speaker and the proud shall fall thereby.
Sirach 23:9
Accustom not thy mouth to swearing; neither use thyself to the naming of the Holy One.
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 23:13
Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing, for therein is the word of sin.
Sirach 23:15
The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words will never be reformed all the days of his life.
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 23:18
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 23:21
This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and where he suspecteth not he shall be taken.
Sirach 23:22
Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another.
Sirach 23:23
For first, she hath disobeyed the law of the most High; and secondly, she hath trespassed against her own husband; and thirdly, she hath played the whore in adultery, and brought children by another man.
Sirach 23:24
She shall be brought out into the congregation, and inquisition shall be made of her children.
Sirach 23:27
And they that remain shall know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord, and that there is nothing sweeter than to take heed unto the commandments of the Lord.
Sirach 23:28
It is great glory to follow the Lord, and to be received of him is long life.
Sirach 24:1
Wisdom shall praise herself, and shall glory in the midst of her people.
Sirach 24:2
In the congregation of the most High shall she open her mouth, and triumph before his power.
Sirach 24:3
I came out of the mouth of the most High, and covered the earth as a cloud.
Sirach 24:5
I alone compassed the circuit of heaven, and walked in the bottom of the deep.
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 24:9
He created me from the beginning before the world, and I shall never fail.
Sirach 24:10
In the holy tabernacle I served before him; and so was I established in Sion.
Sirach 24:11
Likewise in the beloved city he gave me rest, and in Jerusalem was my power.
Sirach 24:12
And I took root in an honourable people, even in the portion of the Lord's inheritance.
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 24:16
As the turpentine tree I stretched out my branches, and my branches are the branches of honour and grace.
Sirach 24:17
As the vine brought I forth pleasant savour, and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.
Sirach 24:18
I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope: I therefore, being eternal, am given to all my children which are named of him.
Sirach 24:20
For my memorial is sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance than the honeycomb.
Sirach 24:23
All these things are the book of the covenant of the most high God, even the law which Moses commanded for an heritage unto the congregations of Jacob.
Sirach 24:24
Faint not to be strong in the Lord; that he may confirm you, cleave unto him: for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and beside him there is no other Saviour.
Sirach 24:25
He filleth all things with his wisdom, as Phison and as Tigris in the time of the new fruits.
Sirach 24:26
He maketh the understanding to abound like Euphrates, and as Jordan in the time of the harvest.
Sirach 24:27
He maketh the doctrine of knowledge appear as the light, and as Geon in the time of vintage.
Sirach 24:28
The first man knew her not perfectly: no more shall the last find her out.
Sirach 24:29
For her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profounder than the great deep.
Sirach 24:32
I will yet make doctrine to shine as the morning, and will send forth her light afar off.
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 25:5
O how comely is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men of honour.
Sirach 25:6
Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.
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 25:9
Well is him that hath found prudence, and he that speaketh in the ears of them that will hear:
Sirach 25:10
O how great is he that findeth wisdom! yet is there none above him that feareth the Lord.
Sirach 25:11
But the love of the Lord passeth all things for illumination: he that holdeth it, whereto shall he be likened?
Sirach 25:12
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love: and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him.
Sirach 25:13
[Give me] any plague, but the plague of the heart: and any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:
Sirach 25:14
And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate me: and any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.
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 25:17
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 25:23
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 25:24
Of the woman came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die.
Sirach 25:25
Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
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 26:9
The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids.
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 26:16
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 26:17
As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick; so is the beauty of the face in ripe age.
Sirach 26:18
As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; so are the fair feet with a constant heart.
Sirach 26:19
My son, keep the flower of thine age sound; and give not thy strength to strangers.
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 26:21
So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified, having the confidence of their good descent.
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 26:25
A shameless woman shall be counted as a dog; but she that is shamefaced will fear the Lord.
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 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 27:5
The furnace proveth the potter's vessels; so the trial of man is in his reasoning.
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 27:7
Praise no man before thou hearest him speak; for this is the trial of men.
Sirach 27:9
The birds will resort unto their like; so will truth return unto them that practise in her.
Sirach 27:10
As the lion lieth in wait for the prey; so sin for them that work iniquity.
Sirach 27:11
The discourse of a godly man is always with wisdom; but a fool changeth as the moon.
Sirach 27:12
If thou be among the indiscreet, observe the time; but be continually among men of understanding.
Sirach 27:13
The discourse of fools is irksome, and their sport is the wantonness of sin.
Sirach 27:14
The talk of him that sweareth much maketh the hair stand upright; and their brawls make one stop his ears.
Sirach 27:15
The strife of the proud is bloodshedding, and their revilings are grievous to the ear.
Sirach 27:18
For as a man hath destroyed his enemy; so hast thou lost the love of thy neighbor.
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 27:22
He that winketh with the eyes worketh evil: and he that knoweth him will depart from him.
Sirach 27:23
When thou art present, he will speak sweetly, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and slander thy sayings.
Sirach 27:24
I have hated many things, but nothing like him; for the Lord will hate him.
Sirach 27:28
Mockery and reproach are from the proud; but vengeance, as a lion, shall lie in wait for them.
Sirach 27:29
They that rejoice at the fall of the righteous shall be taken in the snare; and anguish shall consume them before they die.
Sirach 27:30
Malice and wrath, even these are abominations; and the sinful man shall have them both.
Sirach 28:1
He that revengeth shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins [in remembrance.]
Sirach 28:2
Forgive thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done unto thee, so shall thy sins also be forgiven when thou prayest.
Sirach 28:3
One man beareth hatred against another, and doth he seek pardon from the Lord?
Sirach 28:6
Remember thy end, and let enmity cease; [remember] corruption and death, and abide in the commandments.
Sirach 28:7
Remember the commandments, and bear no malice to thy neighbour: [remember] the covenant of the Highest, and wink at ignorance.
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 28:12
If thou blow the spark, it shall burn: if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: and both these come out of thy mouth.
Sirach 28:13
Curse the whisperer and doubletongued: for such have destroyed many that were at peace.
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 28:17
The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.
Sirach 28:18
Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.
Sirach 28:19
Well is he that is defended through the venom thereof; who hath not drawn the yoke thereof, nor hath been bound in her bands.
Sirach 28:20
For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron, and the bands thereof are bands of brass.
Sirach 28:21
The death thereof is an evil death, the grave were better than it.
Sirach 28:22
It shall not have rule over them that fear God, neither shall they be burned with the flame thereof.
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 29:1
He that is merciful will lend unto his neighbour; and he that strengtheneth his hand keepeth the commandments.
Sirach 29:3
Keep thy word, and deal faithfully with him, and thou shalt always find the thing that is necessary for thee.
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 29:6
If he prevail, he shall hardly receive the half, and he will count as if he had found it: if not, he hath deprived him of his money, and he hath gotten him an enemy without cause: he payeth him with cursings and railings; and for honour he will pay him disgrace.
Sirach 29:9
Help the poor for the commandment's sake, and turn him not away because of his poverty.
Sirach 29:11
Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.
Sirach 29:15
Forget not the friendship of thy surety, for he hath given his life for thee.
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 29:20
Help thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thyself fall not into the same.
Sirach 29:21
The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and an house to cover shame.
Sirach 29:22
Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man's house.
Sirach 29:23
Be it little or much, hold thee contented, that thou hear not the reproach of thy house.
Sirach 29:28
These things are grievous to a man of understanding; the upbraiding of houseroom, and reproaching of the lender.
Sirach 30:1
He that loveth his son causeth him oft to feel the rod, that he may have joy of him in the end.
Sirach 30:3
He that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy: and before his friends he shall rejoice of him.
Sirach 30:10
Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow with him, and lest thou gnash thy teeth in the end.
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 30:16
There is no riches above a sound body, and no joy above the joy of the heart.
Sirach 30:19
What good doeth the offering unto an idol? for neither can it eat nor smell: so is he that is persecuted of the Lord.
Sirach 30:22
The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.
Sirach 30:24
Envy and wrath shorten the life, and carefulness bringeth age before the time.
Sirach 31:1
Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.
Sirach 31:3
The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates.
Sirach 31:4
The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth off, he is still needy.
Sirach 31:6
Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was present.
Sirach 31:8
Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold.
Sirach 31:11
His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his alms.
Sirach 31:14
Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.
Sirach 31:20
Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.
Sirach 31:22
My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt find as I told thee: in all thy works be quick, so shall there no sickness come unto thee.
Sirach 31:23
Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.
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 31:26
The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.
Sirach 31:28
Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:
Sirach 31:29
But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, with brawling and quarrelling.
Sirach 31:30
Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.
Sirach 31:31
Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: give him no despiteful words, and press not upon him with urging him [to drink.]
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 32:3
Speak, thou that art the elder, for it becometh thee, but with sound judgment; and hinder not musick.
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 32:11
Rise up betimes, and be not the last; but get thee home without delay.
Sirach 32:14
Whoso feareth the Lord will receive his discipline; and they that seek him early shall find favour.
Sirach 32:15
He that seeketh the law shall be filled therewith: but the hypocrite will be offended thereat.
Sirach 32:16
They that fear the Lord shall find judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light.
Sirach 32:20
Go not in a way wherein thou mayest fall, and stumble not among the stones.
Sirach 32:23
In every good work trust thy own soul; for this is the keeping of the commandments.
Sirach 32:24
He that believeth in the Lord taketh heed to the commandment; and he that trusteth in him shall fare never the worse.
Sirach 33:1
There shall no evil happen unto him that feareth the Lord; but in temptation even again he will deliver him.
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 33:7
Why doth one day excel another, when as all the light of every day in the year is of the sun?
Sirach 33:8
By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished: and he altered seasons and feasts.
Sirach 33:10
And all men are from the ground, and Adam was created of earth:
Sirach 33:11
In much knowledge the Lord hath divided them, and made their ways diverse.
Sirach 33:13
As the clay is in the potter's hand, to fashion it at his pleasure: so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as liketh him best.
Sirach 33:14
Good is set against evil, and life against death: so is the godly against the sinner, and the sinner against the godly.
Sirach 33:15
So look upon all the works of the most High; and there are two and two, one against another.
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 33:18
Hear me, O ye great men of the people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the congregation.
Sirach 33:19
Give not thy son and wife, thy brother and friend, power over thee while thou livest, and give not thy goods to another: lest it repent thee, and thou intreat for the same again.
Sirach 33:22
In all thy works keep to thyself the preeminence; leave not a stain in thine honour.
Sirach 33:23
At the time when thou shalt end thy days, and finish thy life, distribute thine inheritance.
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 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 34:6
If they be not sent from the most High in thy visitation, set not thy heart upon them.
Sirach 34:8
The law shall be found perfect without lies: and wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.
Sirach 34:13
The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; for their hope is in him that saveth them.
Sirach 34:14
Whoso feareth the Lord shall not fear nor be afraid; for he is his hope.
Sirach 34:15
Blessed is the soul of him that feareth the Lord: to whom doth he look? and who is his strength?
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 34:17
He raiseth up the soul, and lighteneth the eyes: he giveth health, life, and blessing.
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 34:19
The most High is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked; neither is he pacified for sin by the multitude of sacrifices.
Sirach 34:20
Whoso bringeth an offering of the goods of the poor doeth as one that killeth the son before his father's eyes.
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 34:24
When one prayeth, and another curseth, whose voice will the Lord hear?
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 35:3
To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord; and to forsake unrighteousness is a propitiation.
Sirach 35:4
Thou shalt not appear empty before the Lord.
Sirach 35:5
For all these things [are to be done] because of the commandment.
Sirach 35:6
The offering of the righteous maketh the altar fat, and the sweet savour thereof is before the most High.
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 35:10
Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee; and as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.
Sirach 35:11
For the Lord recompenseth, and will give thee seven times as much.
Sirach 35:12
Do not think to corrupt with gifts; for such he will not receive: and trust not to unrighteous sacrifices; for the Lord is judge, and with him is no respect of persons.
Sirach 35:13
He will not accept any person against a poor man, but will hear the prayer of the oppressed.
Sirach 35:14
He will not despise the supplication of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.
Sirach 35:15
Do not the tears run down the widow's cheeks? and is not her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
Sirach 35:16
He that serveth the Lord shall be accepted with favour, and his prayer shall reach unto the clouds.
Sirach 35:17
The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds: and till it come nigh, he will not be comforted; and will not depart, till the most High shall behold to judge righteously, and execute judgment.
Sirach 35:18
For the Lord will not be slack, neither will the Mighty be patient toward them, till he have smitten in sunder the loins of the unmerciful, and repayed vengeance to the heathen; till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptre of the unrighteous;
Sirach 35:19
Till he have rendered to every man according to his deeds, and to the works of men according to their devices; till he have judged the cause of his people, and made them to rejoice in his mercy.
Sirach 35:20
Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction, as clouds of rain in the time of drought.
Sirach 36:2
And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee.
Sirach 36:3
Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them see thy power.
Sirach 36:7
Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.
Sirach 36:8
Sake the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare thy wonderful works.
Sirach 36:9
Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.
Sirach 36:10
Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.
Sirach 36:11
Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, as from the beginning.
Sirach 36:12
O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy firstborn.
Sirach 36:13
O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy rest.
Sirach 36:15
Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name.
Sirach 36:17
O Lord, hear the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the eternal God.
Sirach 36:18
The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.
Sirach 36:19
As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.
Sirach 36:22
The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.
Sirach 36:25
Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.
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 37:3
O wicked imagination, whence camest thou in to cover the earth with deceit?
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 37:9
And say unto thee, Thy way is good: and afterward he stand on the other side, to see what shall befall 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 37:13
And let the counsel of thine own heart stand: for there is no man more faithful unto thee than it.
Sirach 37:15
And above all this pray to the most High, that he will direct thy way in truth.
Sirach 37:17
The countenance is a sign of changing of the heart.
Sirach 37:18
Four manner of things appear: good and evil, life and death: but the tongue ruleth over them continually.
Sirach 37:21
For grace is not given, him from the Lord, because he is deprived of all wisdom.
Sirach 37:22
Another is wise to himself; and the fruits of understanding are commendable in his mouth.
Sirach 37:23
A wise man instructeth his people; and the fruits of his understanding fail not.
Sirach 37:25
The days of the life of man may be numbered: but the days of Israel are innumerable.
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 38:2
For of the most High cometh healing, and he shall receive honour of the king.
Sirach 38:3
The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.
Sirach 38:4
The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.
Sirach 38:5
Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
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 38:9
My son, in thy sickness be not negligent: but pray unto the Lord, and he will make thee whole.
Sirach 38:12
Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him: let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.
Sirach 38:14
For they shall also pray unto the Lord, that he would prosper that, which they give for ease and remedy to prolong life.
Sirach 38:15
He that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of the physician.
Sirach 38:16
My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.
Sirach 38:18
For of heaviness cometh death, and the heaviness of the heart breaketh strength.
Sirach 38:19
In affliction also sorrow remaineth: and the life of the poor is the curse of the heart.
Sirach 38:20
Take no heaviness to heart: drive it away, and member the last end.
Sirach 38:23
When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest; and be comforted for him, when his Spirit is departed from him.
Sirach 38:24
The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.
Sirach 38:25
How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Sirach 38:26
He giveth his mind to make furrows; and is diligent to give the kine fodder.
Sirach 38:28
The smith also sitting by the anvil, and considering the iron work, the vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace: the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh; he setteth his mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly:
Sirach 38:29
So doth the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number;
Sirach 38:30
He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet; he applieth himself to lead it over; and he is diligent to make clean the furnace:
Sirach 38:33
They shall not be sought for in publick counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
Sirach 38:34
But they will maintain the state of the world, and [all] their desire is in the work of their craft.
Sirach 39:1
But he that giveth his mind to the law of the most High, and is occupied in the meditation thereof, will seek out the wisdom of all the ancient, and be occupied in prophecies.
Sirach 39:2
He will keep the sayings of the renowned men: and where subtil parables are, he will be there also.
Sirach 39:3
He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, and be conversant in dark parables.
Sirach 39:4
He shall serve among great men, and appear before princes: he will travel through strange countries; for he hath tried the good and the evil among men.
Sirach 39:5
He will give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, and will pray before the most High, and will open his mouth in prayer, and make supplication for his sins.
Sirach 39:6
When the great Lord will, he shall be filled with the spirit of understanding: he shall pour out wise sentences, and give thanks unto the Lord in his prayer.
Sirach 39:8
He shall shew forth that which he hath learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.
Sirach 39:9
Many shall commend his understanding; and so long as the world endureth, it shall not be blotted out; his memorial shall not depart away, and his name shall live from generation to generation.
Sirach 39:10
Nations shall shew forth his wisdom, and the congregation shall declare his praise.
Sirach 39:12
Yet have I more to say, which I have thought upon; for I am filled as the moon at the full.
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 39:15
Magnify his name, and shew forth his praise with the songs of your lips, and with harps, and in praising him ye shall say after this manner:
Sirach 39:16
All the works of the Lord are exceeding good, and whatsoever he commandeth shall be accomplished in due season.
Sirach 39:17
And none may say, What is this? wherefore is that? for at time convenient they shall all be sought out: at his commandment the waters stood as an heap, and at the words of his mouth the receptacles of waters.
Sirach 39:19
The works of all flesh are before him, and nothing can be hid from his eyes.
Sirach 39:22
His blessing covered the dry land as a river, and watered it as a flood.
Sirach 39:23
As he hath turned the waters into saltness: so shall the heathen inherit his wrath.
Sirach 39:24
As his ways are plain unto the holy; so are they stumblingblocks unto the wicked.
Sirach 39:25
For the good are good things created from the beginning: so evil things for sinners.
Sirach 39:26
The principal things for the whole use of man's life are water, fire, iron, and salt, flour of wheat, honey, milk, and the blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing.
Sirach 39:27
All these things are for good to the godly: so to the sinners they are turned into evil.
Sirach 39:28
There be spirits that are created for vengeance, which in their fury lay on sore strokes; in the time of destruction they pour out their force, and appease the wrath of him that made them.
Sirach 39:30
Teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions, serpents, and the sword punishing the wicked to destruction.
Sirach 39:32
Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and thought upon these things, and have left them in writing.
Sirach 39:33
All the works of the Lord are good: and he will give every needful thing in due season.
Sirach 39:35
And therefore praise ye the Lord with the whole heart and mouth, and bless the name of the Lord.
Sirach 40:1
Great travail is created for every man, and an heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day that they go out of their mother's womb, till the day that they return to the mother of all things.
Sirach 40:2
Their imagination of things to come, and the day of death, [trouble] their thoughts, and [cause] fear of heart;
Sirach 40:5
Wrath, and envy, trouble, and unquietness, fear of death, and anger, and strife, and in the time of rest upon his bed his night sleep, do change his knowledge.
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 40:7
When all is safe, he awaketh, and marvelleth that the fear was nothing.
Sirach 40:9
Death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, calamities, famine, tribulation, and the scourge;
Sirach 40:10
These things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood.
Sirach 40:11
All things that are of the earth shall turn to the earth again: and that which is of the waters doth return into the sea.
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 40:19
Children and the building of a city continue a man's name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both.
Sirach 40:20
Wine and musick rejoice the heart: but the love of wisdom is above them both.
Sirach 40:21
The pipe and the psaltery make sweet melody: but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
Sirach 40:25
Gold and silver make the foot stand sure: but counsel is esteemed above them both.
Sirach 40:26
Riches and strength lift up the heart: but the fear of the Lord is above them both: there is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek help.
Sirach 40:27
The fear of the Lord is a fruitful garden, and covereth him above all glory.
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 41:2
O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy, and unto him whose strength faileth, that is now in the last age, and is vexed with all things, and to him that despaireth, and hath lost patience!
Sirach 41:3
Fear not the sentence of death, remember them that have been before thee, and that come after; for this is the sentence of the Lord over all flesh.
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 41:5
The children of sinners are abominable children, and they that are conversant in the dwelling of the ungodly.
Sirach 41:6
The inheritance of sinners' children shall perish, and their posterity shall have a perpetual reproach.
Sirach 41:7
The children will complain of an ungodly father, because they shall be reproached for his sake.
Sirach 41:8
Woe be unto you, ungodly men, which have forsaken the law of the most high God! for if ye increase, it shall be to your destruction:
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 41:11
The mourning of men is about their bodies: but an ill name of sinners shall be blotted out.
Sirach 41:19
And of theft in regard of the place where thou sojournest, and in regard of the truth of God and his covenant; and to lean with thine elbow upon the meat; and of scorning to give and take;
Sirach 42:2
Of the law of the most High, and his covenant; and of judgment to justify the ungodly;
Sirach 42:3
Of reckoning with thy partners and travellers; or of the gift of the heritage of friends;
Sirach 42:5
And of merchants' indifferent selling; of much correction of children; and to make the side of an evil servant to bleed.
Sirach 42:8
Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, and the extreme aged that contendeth with those that are young: thus shalt thou be truly learned, and approved of all men living.
Sirach 42:9
The father waketh for the daughter, when no man knoweth; and the care for her taketh away sleep: when she is young, lest she pass away the flower of her age; and being married, lest she should be hated:
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 42:12
Behold not every body's beauty, and sit not in the midst of women.
Sirach 42:14
Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach.
Sirach 42:15
I will now remember the works of the Lord, and declare the things that I have seen: In the words of the Lord are his works.
Sirach 42:16
The sun that giveth light looketh upon all things, and the work thereof is full of the glory of the Lord.
Sirach 42:17
The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that whatsoever is might be established for his glory.
Sirach 42:18
He seeketh out the deep, and the heart, and considereth their crafty devices: for the Lord knoweth all that may be known, and he beholdeth the signs of the world.
Sirach 42:19
He declareth the things that are past, and for to come, and revealeth the steps of hidden things.
Sirach 42:21
He hath garnished the excellent works of his wisdom, and he is from everlasting to everlasting: unto him may nothing be added, neither can he be diminished, and he hath no need of any counsellor.
Sirach 42:25
One thing establisheth the good or another: and who shall be filled with beholding his glory?
Sirach 43:1
The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious shew;
Sirach 43:2
The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High:
Sirach 43:3
At noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof?
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 43:5
Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment runneth hastily.
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 43:8
The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her changing, being an instrument of the armies above, shining in the firmament of heaven;
Sirach 43:9
The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.
Sirach 43:10
At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their order, and never faint in their watches.
Sirach 43:11
Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof.
Sirach 43:12
It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it.
Sirach 43:13
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall aplace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
Sirach 43:14
Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth as fowls.
Sirach 43:15
By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small.
Sirach 43:16
At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south wind bloweth.
Sirach 43:17
The noise of the thunder maketh the earth to tremble: so doth the northern storm and the whirlwind: as birds flying he scattereth the snow, and the falling down thereof is as the lighting of grasshoppers:
Sirach 43:18
The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.
Sirach 43:19
The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp stakes.
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 43:21
It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire.
Sirach 43:23
By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands therein.
Sirach 43:24
They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat.
Sirach 43:26
By him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by his word all things consist.
Sirach 43:29
The Lord is terrible and very great, and marvellous is his power.
Sirach 43:30
When ye glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as ye can; for even yet will he far exceed: and when ye exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for ye can never go far enough.
Sirach 43:33
For the Lord hath made all things; and to the godly hath he given wisdom.
Sirach 44:2
The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning.
Sirach 44:4
Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent are their instructions:
Sirach 44:7
All these were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of their times.
Sirach 44:11
With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance, and their children are within the covenant.
Sirach 44:15
The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will shew forth their praise.
Sirach 44:16
Enoch pleased the Lord, and was translated, being an example of repentance to all generations.
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 44:18
An everlasting covenant was made with him, that all flesh should perish no more by the flood.
Sirach 44:20
Who kept the law of the most High, and was in covenant with him: he established the covenant in his flesh; and when he was proved, he was found faithful.
Sirach 44:21
Therefore he assured him by an oath, that he would bless the nations in his seed, and that he would multiply him as the dust of the earth, and exalt his seed as the stars, and cause them to inherit from sea to sea, and from the river unto the utmost part of the land.
Sirach 44:22
With Isaac did he establish likewise [for Abraham his father's sake] the blessing of all men, and the covenant, And made it rest upon the head of Jacob. He acknowledged him in his blessing, and gave him an heritage, and divided his portions; among the twelve tribes did he part them.
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 45:2
He made him like to the glorious saints, and magnified him, so that his enemies stood in fear of him.
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 45:5
He made him to hear his voice, and brought him into the dark cloud, and gave him commandments before his face, even the law of life and knowledge, that he might teach Jacob his covenants, and Israel his judgments.
Sirach 45:6
He exalted Aaron, an holy man like unto him, even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.
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 45:15
Moses consecrated him, and anointed him with holy oil: this was appointed unto him by an everlasting covenant, and to his seed, so long as the heavens should remain, that they should minister unto him, and execute the office of the priesthood, and bless the people in his name.
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 45:17
He gave unto him his commandments, and authority in the statutes of judgments, that he should teach Jacob the testimonies, and inform Israel in his laws.
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