Sirach
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1:1	All wisdom comes from the Lord, and is with him forever.
1:2	Who can count the sand of the seas, the drops of rain, and the days of eternity?
1:3	Who will search out the height of the sky, the breadth of the earth, the deep, and wisdom?
1:4	Wisdom has been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
1:6	To whom has the root of wisdom been revealed? Who has known her shrewd counsels?
1:8	There is one wise, greatly to be feared, sitting upon his throne: the Lord.
1:9	He created her. He saw and measured her. He poured her out upon all his works.
1:10	She is with all flesh according to his gift. He gave her freely to those who love him.
1:11	The fear of the Lord is glory, exultation, gladness, and a crown of rejoicing.
1:12	The fear of the Lord will delight the heart, and will give gladness, joy, and length of days.
1:13	Whoever fears the Lord, it will go well with him at the last. He will be blessed in the day of his death.
1:14	To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It was created together with the faithful in the womb.
1:15	She laid an eternal foundation with men. She will be trusted among their offspring.
1:16	To fear the Lord is the fullness of wisdom. She inebriates men with her fruits.
1:17	She will fill all her house with desirable things, and her storehouses with her produce.
1:18	The fear of the Lord is the crown of wisdom, making peace and perfect health to flourish.
1:19	He both saw and measured her. He rained down skill and knowledge of understanding, and exalted the honor of those who hold her fast.
1:20	To fear the Lord is the root of wisdom. Her branches are length of days.
1:22	Unjust wrath can never be justified, for his wrath tips the scale to his downfall.
1:23	A man that is patient will resist for a season, and afterward gladness will spring up to him.
1:24	He will hide his words until the right moment, and the lips of many will tell of his understanding.
1:25	A wise saying is in the treasures of wisdom; but godliness is an abomination to a sinner.
1:26	If you desire wisdom, keep the commandments and the Lord will give her to you freely;
1:27	for the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction. Faith and humility are his good pleasure.
1:28	Don’t disobey the fear of the Lord. Don’t come to him with a double heart.
1:29	Don’t be a hypocrite in men’s sight. Keep watch over your lips.
1:30	Don’t exalt yourself, lest you fall and bring dishonor upon your soul. The Lord will reveal your secrets and will cast you down in the midst of the congregation, because you didn’t come to the fear of the Lord and your heart was full of deceit.
2:1	My son, if you come to serve the Lord, prepare your soul for temptation.
2:2	Set your heart aright, constantly endure, and don’t make haste in time of calamity.
2:3	Cling to him, and don’t depart, that you may be increased at your latter end.
2:4	Accept whatever is brought upon you, and be patient when you suffer humiliation.
2:5	For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
2:6	Put your trust in him, and he will help you. Make your ways straight, and set your hope on him.
2:7	All you who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy. Don’t turn aside, lest you fall.
2:8	All you who fear the Lord, put your trust in him, and your reward will not fail.
2:9	All you who fear the Lord, hope for good things, and for eternal gladness and mercy.
2:10	Look at the generations of old, and see: Who ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed? Or who remained in his fear, and was forsaken? Or who called upon him, and he neglected him?
2:11	For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction.
2:12	Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands, and to the sinner who goes two ways!
2:13	Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe. Therefore it won’t be defended.
2:14	Woe to you who have lost your patience! And what will you all do when the Lord visits you?
2:15	Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words. Those who love him will keep his ways.
2:16	Those who fear the Lord will seek his good pleasure. Those who love him will be filled with the law.
2:17	Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and will humble their souls in his sight.
2:18	We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men; for as his majesty is, so also is his mercy.
3:1	Hear me, your father, O my children, and do what you hear, that you all may be safe.
3:2	For the Lord honors the father over the children, and has confirmed the judgment of the mother over her sons.
3:3	He who honors his father will make atonement for sins.
3:4	He who gives glory to his mother is as one who lays up treasure.
3:5	Whoever honors his father will have joy in his own children. He will be heard in the day of his prayer.
3:6	He who gives glory to his father will have length of days. He who listens to the Lord will bring rest to his mother,
3:7	and will serve under his parents, as to masters.
3:8	Honor your father in deed and word, that a blessing may come upon you from him.
3:9	For the blessing of the father establishes the houses of children, but the curse of the mother roots out the foundations.
3:10	Don’t glorify yourself in the dishonor of your father, for your father’s dishonor is no glory to you.
3:11	For the glory of a man is from the honor of his father, and a mother in dishonor is a reproach to her children.
3:12	My son, help your father in his old age, and don’t grieve him as long as he lives.
3:13	If he fails in understanding, have patience with him. Don’t dishonor him in your full strength.
3:14	For the kindness to your father will not be forgotten. Instead of sins it will be added to build you up.
3:15	In the day of your affliction it will be remembered for you, as fair weather upon ice, so your sins will also melt away.
3:16	He who forsakes his father is as a blasphemer. He who provokes his mother is cursed by the Lord.
3:17	My son, go on with your business in humility; so you will be loved by an acceptable man.
3:18	The greater you are, humble yourself the more, and you will find favor before the Lord.
3:20	For the power of the Lord is great, and he is glorified by those who are lowly.
3:21	Don’t seek things that are too hard for you, and don’t search out things that are above your strength.
3:22	Think about the things that have been commanded you, for you have no need of the things that are secret.
3:23	Don’t be overly busy in tasks that are beyond you, for more things are shown to you than men can understand.
3:24	For the conceit of many has led them astray. Evil opinion has caused their judgment to slip.
3:25	There is no light without eyes. There is no wisdom without knowledge.
3:26	A stubborn heart will do badly at the end. He who loves danger will perish in it.
3:27	A stubborn heart will be burdened with troubles. The sinner will heap sin upon sins.
3:28	The calamity of the proud has no healing, for a weed of wickedness has taken root in him.
3:29	The heart of the prudent will understand a proverb. A wise man desires the ear of a listener.
3:30	Water will quench a flaming fire; almsgiving will make atonement for sins.
3:31	He who repays good turns is mindful of that which comes afterward. In the time of his falling he will find a support.
4:1	My son, don’t deprive the poor of his living. Don’t make the needy eyes wait long.
4:2	Don’t make a hungry soul sorrowful, or provoke a man in his distress.
4:3	Don’t add more trouble to a heart that is provoked. Don’t put off giving to him who is in need.
4:4	Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction. Don’t turn your face away from a poor man.
4:5	Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks. Give no occasion to a man to curse you.
4:6	For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul, he who made him will hear his supplication.
4:7	Endear yourself to the assembly. Bow your head to a great man.
4:8	Incline your ear to a poor man. Answer him with peaceful words in humility.
4:9	Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of him who wrongs him; Don’t be hesitant in giving judgment.
4:10	Be as a father to the fatherless, and like a husband to their mother. So you will be as a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than your mother does.
4:11	Wisdom exalts her sons, and takes hold of those who seek her.
4:12	He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness.
4:13	He who holds her fast will inherit glory. Where he enters, the Lord will bless.
4:14	Those who serve her minister to the Holy One. The Lord loves those who love her.
4:15	He who listens to her will judge the nations. He who heeds her will dwell securely.
4:16	If he trusts her, he will inherit her, and his generations will possess her.
4:17	For at the first she will walk with him in crooked ways, and will bring fear and dread upon him, and torment him with her discipline, until she may trust his soul, and try him by her judgments.
4:18	Then she will return him again to the straight way, and will gladden him, and reveal to him her secrets.
4:19	If he goes astray, she will forsake him, and hand him over to his fall.
4:20	Watch for the opportunity, and beware of evil. Don’t be ashamed of your soul.
4:21	For there is a shame that brings sin, and there is a shame that is glory and grace.
4:22	Don’t show partiality, discrediting your soul. Don’t revere any man to your falling.
4:23	Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety. Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.
4:24	For wisdom will be known by speech, and instruction by the word of the tongue.
4:25	Don’t speak against the truth and be shamed for your ignorance.
4:26	Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins. Don’t fight the river’s current.
4:27	Don’t lay yourself down for a fool to tread upon. Don’t be partial to one who is mighty.
4:28	Strive for the truth to death, and the Lord God will fight for you.
4:29	Don’t be hasty with your tongue, or slack and negligent in your deeds.
4:30	Don’t be like a lion in your house, or suspicious of your servants.
4:31	Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay.
5:1	Don’t set your heart upon your goods. Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.”
5:2	Don’t follow your own mind and your strength to walk in the desires of your heart.
5:3	Don’t say, “Who will have dominion over me?” for the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
5:4	Don’t say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?” for the Lord is patient.
5:5	Don’t be so confident of atonement that you add sin upon sins.
5:6	Don’t say, “His compassion is great. He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,” for mercy and wrath are with him, and his indignation will rest on sinners.
5:7	Don’t wait to turn to the Lord. Don’t put off from day to day; for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will come on you, and you will perish in the time of vengeance.
5:8	Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains, for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.
5:9	Don’t winnow with every wind. Don’t walk in every path. This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does.
5:10	Be steadfast in your understanding. Let your speech be consistent.
5:11	Be swift to hear and answer with patience.
5:12	If you have understanding, answer your neighbor; but if not, put your hand over your mouth.
5:13	Glory and dishonor is in talk. A man’s tongue may be his downfall.
5:14	Don’t be called a whisperer. Don’t lie in wait with your tongue; for shame is on the thief, and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue.
5:15	Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matter.
6:1	Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend; for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach. So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue.
6:2	Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul, that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull.
6:3	You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit, and leave yourself like a dry tree.
6:4	A wicked soul will destroy him who has it, and will make him a laughing stock to his enemies.
6:5	Sweet words will multiply a man’s friends. A gracious tongue will multiply courtesies.
6:6	Let those that are at peace with you be many, but your advisers one of a thousand.
6:7	If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing, and don’t be in a hurry to trust him.
6:8	For there is a friend just for an occasion. He won’t continue in the day of your affliction.
6:9	And there is a friend who turns into an enemy. He will discover strife to your reproach.
6:10	And there is a friend who is a companion at the table, but he won’t continue in the day of your affliction.
6:11	In your prosperity he will be as yourself, and will be bold over your servants.
6:12	If you are brought low, he will be against you, and will hide himself from your face.
6:13	Separate yourself from your enemies, and beware of your friends.
6:14	A faithful friend is a strong defense. He who has found him has found a treasure.
6:15	There is nothing that can be taken in exchange for a faithful friend. His excellency is beyond price.
6:16	A faithful friend is a life-saving medicine. Those who fear the Lord will find him.
6:17	He who fears the Lord directs his friendship properly; for as he is, so is his neighbor also.
6:18	My son, gather instruction from your youth up. Even when you have gray hair you will find wisdom.
6:19	Come to her as one who plows and sows and wait for her good fruit; for your toil will be little in her cultivation, and you will soon eat of her fruit.
6:20	How exceedingly harsh she is to the unlearned! He who is without understanding will not remain in her.
6:21	She will rest upon him as a mighty stone of trial. He won’t hesitate to cast her from him.
6:22	For wisdom is according to her name. She isn’t manifest to many.
6:23	Give ear, my son, and accept my judgment. Don’t refuse my counsel.
6:24	Bring your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her chain.
6:25	Put your shoulder under her and bear her. Don’t be grieved with her bonds.
6:26	Come to her with all your soul. Keep her ways with your whole power.
6:27	Search and seek, and she will be made known to you. When you get hold of her, don’t let her go.
6:28	For at the last you will find her rest; and she will be turned for you into gladness.
6:29	Her fetters will be to you for a covering of strength, and her chains for a robe of glory.
6:30	For there is a golden ornament upon her, and her bands are a purple cord.
6:31	You shall put her on as a robe of glory, and shall put her on as a crown of rejoicing.
6:32	My son, if you are willing, you will be instructed. If you will yield your soul, you will be prudent.
6:33	If you love to hear, you will receive. If you incline your ear, you will be wise.
6:34	Stand in the multitude of the elders. Attach yourself to whomever is wise.
6:35	Be willing to listen to every godly discourse. Don’t let the proverbs of understanding escape you.
6:36	If you see a man of understanding, get to him early. Let your foot wear out the steps of his doors.
6:37	Let your mind dwell on the ordinances of the Lord and meditate continually on his commandments. He will establish your heart and your desire for wisdom will be given to you.
7:1	Do no evil, so no evil will overtake you.
7:2	Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you.
7:3	My son, don’t sow upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and you won’t reap them sevenfold.
7:4	Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord, nor the seat of honor from the king.
7:5	Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord, and don’t display your wisdom before the king.
7:6	Don’t seek to be a judge, lest you not be able to take away iniquities, lest perhaps you fear the person of a mighty man, and lay a stumbling block in the way of your uprightness.
7:7	Don’t sin against the multitude of the city. Don’t disgrace yourself in the crowd.
7:8	Don’t commit a sin twice, for even in one you will not be unpunished.
7:9	Don’t say, “He will look upon the multitude of my gifts. When I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.”
7:10	Don’t be faint-hearted in your prayer. Don’t neglect to give alms.
7:11	Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts.
7:12	Don’t devise a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend.
7:13	Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good.
7:14	Don’t babble in the assembly of elders. Don’t repeat your words in your prayer.
7:15	Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created.
7:16	Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners. Remember that wrath will not wait.
7:17	Humble your soul greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm.
7:18	Don’t exchange a friend for something, neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir.
7:19	Don’t deprive yourself of a wise and good wife, for her grace is worth more than gold.
7:20	Don’t abuse a servant who works faithfully, or a hireling who gives you his life.
7:21	Let your soul love a wise servant. Don’t defraud him of liberty.
7:22	Do you have cattle? Look after them. If they are profitable to you, let them stay by you.
7:23	Do you have children? Correct them, and make them obedient from their youth.
7:24	Do you have daughters? Take care of their bodies, and don’t be overly indulgent toward them.
7:25	Give your daughter in marriage, and you will have accomplished a great matter. Give her to a man of understanding.
7:26	Do you have a wife who pleases you? Don’t cast her out. But don’t trust yourself to one who is hateful.
7:27	Honor your father with your whole heart, and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother.
7:28	Remember that you were born of them. What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you?
7:29	Fear the Lord with all your soul; and revere his priests.
7:30	With all your strength love him who made you. Don’t forsake his ministers.
7:31	Fear the Lord and honor the priest. Give him his portion, even as it is commanded you: the first fruits, the trespass offering, the gift of the shoulders, the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of holy things.
7:32	Also stretch out your hand to the poor man, that your blessing may be complete.
7:33	A gift has grace in the sight of every living man. Don’t withhold grace for a dead man.
7:34	Don’t avoid those who weep, and mourn with those who mourn.
7:35	Don’t be slow to visit a sick man, for by such things you will gain love.
7:36	In all your words, remember eternity, and you will never sin.
8:1	Don’t contend with a mighty man, lest perhaps you fall into his hands.
8:2	Don’t strive with a rich man, lest perhaps he overpower you; for gold has destroyed many, and turned away the hearts of kings.
8:3	Don’t argue with a loudmouthed man. Don’t heap wood upon his fire.
8:4	Don’t make fun of a rude man, lest your ancestors be dishonored.
8:5	Don’t reproach a man when he turns from sin. Remember that we are all worthy of punishment.
8:6	Don’t dishonor a man in his old age, for some of us are also growing old.
8:7	Don’t rejoice over anyone’s death. Remember that we all die.
8:8	Don’t neglect the discourse of the wise. Be conversant with their proverbs; for from them you will learn discipline and how to serve great men.
8:9	Don’t miss the discourse of the aged, for they also learned from their parents, because from them you will learn understanding, and to give an answer in time of need.
8:10	Don’t kindle the coals of a sinner, lest you be burned with the flame of his fire.
8:11	Don’t rise up from the presence of an insolent man, lest he lie in wait as an ambush for your mouth.
8:12	Don’t lend to a man who is stronger than you; and if you lend, count it as a loss.
8:13	Don’t be surety beyond your means. If you give surety, think as one who will have to pay.
8:14	Don’t go to law with a judge; for according to his honor they will give judgment for him.
8:15	Don’t travel with a reckless man, lest he be burdensome to you; for he will do as he pleases, and you will perish with his folly.
8:16	Don’t fight with a wrathful man. Don’t travel with him through the desert, for blood is as nothing in his sight. Where there is no help, he will overthrow you.
8:17	Don’t consult with a fool, for he will not be able to keep a secret.
8:18	Do no secret thing before a stranger, for you don’t know what it will cause.
8:19	Don’t open your heart to every man. Don’t let him return you a favor.
9:1	Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom, and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself.
9:2	Don’t give your soul to a woman and let her trample down your strength.
9:3	Don’t go to meet a woman who plays the prostitute, lest perhaps you fall into her snares.
9:4	Don’t associate with a woman who is a singer, lest perhaps you be caught by her tricks.
9:5	Don’t gaze at a virgin, lest perhaps you stumble and incur penalties for her.
9:6	Don’t give your soul to prostitutes, that you not lose your inheritance.
9:7	Don’t look around in the streets of the city. Don’t wander in its deserted places.
9:8	Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman, and don’t gaze at another’s beauty. Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; and with this, passion is kindled like a fire.
9:9	Don’t dine at all with a woman who has a husband, or revel with her at wine, lest perhaps your soul turn away to her, and with your spirit you slide into destruction.
9:10	Don’t forsake an old friend; for a new one is not comparable to him. A new friend is like new wine: if it becomes old, you will drink it with gladness.
9:11	Don’t envy the success of a sinner; for you don’t know what his end will be.
9:12	Don’t delight in the delights of the ungodly. Remember they will not go unpunished to the grave.
9:13	Keep yourself far from the man who has power to kill, and you will not be troubled by the fear of death. If you come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away your life. Know surely that you go about in the midst of snares, and walk upon the battlements of a city.
9:14	As well as you can, aim to know your neighbors, and take counsel with the wise.
9:15	Let your conversation be with men of understanding. Let all your discourse be in the law of the Most High.
9:16	Let righteous people be companions at your table. Let your glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
9:17	A work is commended because of the skill of the artisan; so he who rules the people will be considered wise for his speech.
9:18	A loudmouthed man is dangerous in his city. He who is reckless in his speech will be hated.
10:1	A wise judge will instruct his people. The government of a man of understanding will be well ordered.
10:2	As is the judge of his people, so are his officials. As the city’s ruler is, so are all those who dwell in it.
10:3	An undisciplined king will destroy his people. A city will be established through the understanding of the powerful.
10:4	The government of the earth is in the Lord’s hand. In due time, he will raise up over it the right person at the right time.
10:5	A man’s prosperity is in the Lord’s hand. He will lay his honor upon the person of the scribe.
10:6	Don’t be angry with your neighbor for every wrong. Do nothing by works of violence.
10:7	Pride is hateful before the Lord and men. Arrogance is abhorrent in the judgment of both.
10:8	Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation because of injustice, violence, and greed for money.
10:9	Why are dirt and ashes proud? Because in life, my body decays.
10:10	A long disease mocks the physician. The king of today will die tomorrow.
10:11	For when a man is dead, he will inherit maggots, vermin, and worms.
10:12	It is the beginning of pride when a man departs from the Lord. His heart has departed from him who made him.
10:13	For the beginning of pride is sin. He who keeps it will pour out abomination. For this cause the Lord brought upon them strange calamities and utterly overthrew them.
10:14	The Lord cast down the thrones of rulers and set the lowly in their place.
10:15	The Lord plucked up the roots of nations and planted the lowly in their place.
10:16	The Lord overthrew the lands of nations and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
10:17	He took some of them away and destroyed them, and made their memory to cease from the earth.
10:18	Pride has not been created for men, nor wrathful anger for the offspring of women.
10:19	Whose offspring has honor? Human offspring who fear the Lord. Whose offspring has no honor? Human offspring who break the commandments.
10:20	In the midst of kindred he who rules them has honor. Those who fear the Lord have honor in his eyes.
10:22	The rich man, the honorable, and the poor all glory in the fear of the Lord.
10:23	It is not right to dishonor a poor man who has understanding. It is not fitting to glorify a man who is a sinner.
10:24	The prince, the judge, and the mighty man will be honored. There is not one of them greater than he who fears the Lord.
10:25	Free men will minister to a wise servant. A man who has knowledge will not complain.
10:26	Don’t flaunt your wisdom in doing your work. Don’t boast in the time of your distress.
10:27	Better is he who labors and abounds in all things, than he who boasts and lacks bread.
10:28	My son, glorify your soul in humility, and ascribe to yourself honor according to your worthiness.
10:29	Who will justify him who sins against his own soul? Who will honor him who dishonors his own life?
10:30	A poor man is honored for his knowledge. A rich man is honored for his riches.
10:31	But he who is honored in poverty, how much more in riches? He who is dishonored in riches, how much more in poverty?
11:1	The wisdom of the lowly will lift up his head, and make him sit in the midst of great men.
11:2	Don’t commend a man for his good looks. Don’t abhor a man for his outward appearance.
11:3	The bee is little among flying creatures, but what it produces is the best of confections.
11:4	Don’t boast about the clothes you wear, and don’t exalt yourself in the day of honor; for the Lord’s works are wonderful, and his works are hidden among men.
11:5	Many kings have sat down upon the ground, but one who was never thought of has worn a crown.
11:6	Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced. Men of renown have been delivered into other men’s hands.
11:7	Don’t blame before you investigate. Understand first, and then rebuke.
11:8	Don’t answer before you have heard. Don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking.
11:9	Don’t argue about a matter that doesn’t concern you. Don’t sit with sinners when they judge.
11:10	My son, don’t be busy about many matters; for if you meddle much, you will not be unpunished. If you pursue, you will not overtake, and you will not escape by fleeing.
11:11	There is one who toils, labors, and hurries, and is even more behind.
11:12	There is one who is sluggish, and needs help, lacking in strength, and who abounds in poverty, but the Lord’s eyes looked upon him for good, and he raised him up from his low condition,
11:13	and lifted up his head so that many marveled at him.
11:14	Good things and bad, life and death, poverty and riches, are from the Lord.
11:17	The Lord’s gift remains with the godly. His good pleasure will prosper forever.
11:18	One grows rich by his diligence and self-denial, and this is the portion of his reward:
11:19	when he says, “I have found rest, and now I will eat of my goods!” he doesn’t know how much time will pass until he leaves them to others and dies.
11:20	Be steadfast in your covenant and be doing it, and grow old in your work.
11:21	Don’t marvel at the works of a sinner, but trust the Lord and stay in your labor; for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord to swiftly and suddenly make a poor man rich.
11:22	The Lord’s blessing is in the reward of the godly. He makes his blessing flourish in an hour that comes swiftly.
11:23	Don’t say, “What use is there of me? What further good things can be mine?”
11:24	Don’t say, “I have enough. What harm could happen to me now?”
11:25	In the day of good things, bad things are forgotten. In the day of bad things, a man will not remember things that are good.
11:26	For it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord to reward a man in the day of death according to his ways.
11:27	The affliction of an hour causes delights to be forgotten. In the end, a man’s deeds are revealed.
11:28	Call no man happy before his death. A man will be known in his children.
11:29	Don’t bring every man into your house, for many are the tricks of a deceitful man.
11:30	Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of a proud man. Like a spy, he looks for your weakness.
11:31	For he lies in wait to turn things that are good into evil, and assigns blame in things that are praiseworthy.
11:32	From a spark of fire, a heap of many coals is kindled, and a sinful man lies in wait to shed blood.
11:33	Take heed of an evil-doer, for he plans wicked things, lest perhaps he ruin your reputation forever.
11:34	Receive a stranger into your house, and he will distract you with arguments and estrange you from your own family.
12:1	If you do good, know to whom you do it, and your good deeds will have thanks.
12:2	Do good to a godly man, and you will find a reward— if not from him, then from the Most High.
12:3	No good will come to him who continues to do evil, nor to him who gives no alms.
12:4	Give to the godly man, and don’t help the sinner.
12:5	Do good to one who is lowly. Don’t give to an ungodly man. Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him, lest he subdue you with it; for you would receive twice as much evil for all the good you would have done to him.
12:6	For the Most High also hates sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly.
12:7	Give to the good man, and don’t help the sinner.
12:8	A man’s friend won’t be fully tried in prosperity. His enemy won’t be hidden in adversity.
12:9	In a man’s prosperity, his enemies are grieved. In his adversity, even his friend leaves.
12:10	Never trust your enemy, for his wickedness is like corrosion in copper.
12:11	Though he humbles himself and walks bowed down, still be careful and beware of him. You will be to him as one who has wiped a mirror, to be sure it doesn’t completely tarnish.
12:12	Don’t set him next to you, lest he overthrow you and stand in your place. Don’t let him sit on your right hand, lest he seek to take your seat, and at the last you acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.
12:13	Who will pity a charmer that is bitten by a snake, or any who come near wild beasts?
12:14	Even so, who will pity him who goes to a sinner, and is associated with him in his sins?
12:15	For a while he will stay with you, and if you falter, he will not stay.
12:16	The enemy will speak sweetly with his lips, and in his heart plan to throw you into a pit. The enemy may weep with his eyes, but if he finds opportunity, he will want more blood.
12:17	If adversity meets you, you will find him there before you. Pretending to help you, he will trip you.
12:18	He will shake his head, clap his hands, whisper much, and change his countenance.
13:1	He who touches pitch will be defiled. He who has fellowship with a proud man will become like him.
13:2	Don’t take up a burden above your strength. Have no fellowship with one who is mightier and richer than yourself. What fellowship would the earthen pot have with the kettle? The kettle will strike, and the pot will be dashed in pieces.
13:3	The rich man does a wrong and threatens. The poor is wronged and apologizes.
13:4	If you are profitable, he will exploit you. If you are in need, he will forsake you.
13:5	If you own something, he will live with you. He will drain your resources and will not be sorry.
13:6	Does he need you? Then he will deceive you, smile at you, and give you hope. He will speak kindly to you and say, “What do you need?”
13:7	He will shame you by his delicacies until he has made you bare twice or thrice, and in the end he will laugh you to scorn. Afterward he will see you, will forsake you, and shake his head at you.
13:8	Beware that you are not deceived and brought low in your enjoyment.
13:9	If a mighty man invites you, be reserved, and he will invite you more.
13:10	Don’t press him, lest you be thrust back. Don’t stand far off, lest you be forgotten.
13:11	Don’t try to speak with him as an equal, and don’t believe his many words; for he will test you with much talk, and will examine you in a smiling manner.
13:12	He who doesn’t keep secrets to himself is unmerciful. He won’t hesitate to harm and to bind.
13:13	Keep them to yourself and be careful, for you walk in danger of falling.
13:15	Every living creature loves its own kind, and every man loves his neighbor.
13:16	All flesh associates with their own kind. A man will stick to people like himself.
13:17	What fellowship would the wolf have with the lamb? So is the sinner to the godly.
13:18	What peace is there between a hyena and a dog? What peace is there between a rich man and the poor?
13:19	Wild donkeys are the prey of lions in the wilderness; likewise poor men are feeding grounds for the rich.
13:20	Lowliness is an abomination to a proud man; likewise a poor man is an abomination to the rich.
13:21	When a rich man is shaken, he is supported by his friends, but when the humble is down, he is pushed away even by his friends.
13:22	When a rich man falls, there are many helpers. He speaks things not to be spoken, and men justify him. A humble man falls, and men rebuke him. He utters wisdom, and is not listened to.
13:23	A rich man speaks, and all keep silence. They extol what he says to the clouds. A poor man speaks, and they say, “Who is this?” If he stumbles, they will help to overthrow him.
13:24	Riches are good if they have no sin. Poverty is evil only in the opinion of the ungodly.
13:25	The heart of a man changes his countenance, whether it is for good or for evil.
13:26	A cheerful countenance is a sign of a prosperous heart. Devising proverbs takes strenuous thinking.
14:1	Blessed is the man who has not slipped with his mouth, and doesn’t suffer from sorrow for sins.
14:2	Blessed is he whose soul does not condemn him, and who has not given up hope.
14:3	Riches are not appropriate for a stingy person. What would a miser do with money?
14:4	He who gathers by denying himself gathers for others. Others will revel in his goods.
14:5	If one is mean to himself, to whom will he be good? He won’t enjoy his possessions.
14:6	There is none more evil than he who is grudging to himself. This is a punishment for his wickedness.
14:7	Even if he does good, he does it in forgetfulness. In the end, he reveals his wickedness.
14:8	A miser is evil. He turns away and disregards souls.
14:9	A covetous man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion. Wicked injustice dries up his soul.
14:10	A miser begrudges bread, and it is lacking at his table.
14:11	My son, according to what you have, treat yourself well, and bring worthy offerings to the Lord.
14:12	Remember that death will not wait, and that the covenant of Hades hasn’t been shown to you.
14:13	Do good to your friends before you die. According to your ability, reach out and give to them.
14:14	Don’t deprive yourself of a good day. Don’t let your share of a desired good pass you by.
14:15	Won’t you leave your labors to another, and your toils be divided by lot?
14:16	Give, take, and treat yourself well, because there is no seeking of luxury in Hades.
14:17	All flesh grows old like a garment, for the covenant from the beginning is, “You must die!”
14:18	Like the leaves flourishing on a thick tree, some it sheds, and some grow, so also are the generations of flesh and blood: one comes to an end and another is born.
14:19	Every work rots and falls away, and its builder will depart with it.
14:20	Blessed is the man who meditates on wisdom, and who reasons by his understanding.
14:21	He who considers her ways in his heart will also have knowledge of her secrets.
14:22	Go after her like a hunter, and lie in wait in her paths.
14:23	He who peers in at her windows will also listen at her doors.
14:24	He who lodges close to her house will also fasten a nail in her walls.
14:25	He will pitch his tent near at hand to her, and will lodge in a lodging where good things are.
14:26	He will set his children under her shelter, and will rest under her branches.
14:27	By her he will be covered from heat, and will lodge in her glory.
15:1	He who fears the Lord will do this. He who has possession of the law will obtain her.
15:2	She will meet him like a mother, and receive him like a wife married in her virginity.
15:3	She will feed him with bread of understanding and give him water of wisdom to drink.
15:4	He will be stayed upon her, and will not be moved. He will rely upon her, and will not be confounded.
15:5	She will exalt him above his neighbors. She will open his mouth in the midst of the congregation.
15:6	He will inherit joy, a crown of gladness, and an everlasting name.
15:7	Foolish men will not obtain her. Sinners will not see her.
15:8	She is far from pride. Liars will not remember her.
15:9	Praise is not attractive in the mouth of a sinner; for it was not sent to him from the Lord.
15:10	For praise will be spoken in wisdom; The Lord will prosper it.
15:11	Don’t say, “It is through the Lord that I fell away;” for you shall not do the things that he hates.
15:12	Don’t say, “It is he that caused me to err;” for he has no need of a sinful man.
15:13	The Lord hates every abomination; and those who fear him don’t love them.
15:14	He himself made man from the beginning and left him in the hand of his own counsel.
15:15	If you choose, you can keep the commandments. To be faithful is a matter of your choice.
15:16	He has set fire and water before you. You will stretch forth your hand to whichever you desire.
15:17	Before man is life and death. Whichever he likes, it will be given to him.
15:18	For the wisdom of the Lord is great. He is mighty in power, and sees all things.
15:19	His eyes are upon those who fear him. He knows every act of man.
15:20	He has not commanded any man to be ungodly. He has not given any man license to sin.
16:1	Don’t desire a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.
16:2	If they multiply, don’t delight in them unless the fear of the Lord is in them.
16:3	Don’t trust in their life. Don’t rely on their numbers; for one can be better than a thousand, and to die childless than to have ungodly children.
16:4	For from one who has understanding, a city will be populated, but a race of wicked men will be made desolate.
16:5	I have seen many such things with my eyes. My ear has heard mightier things than these.
16:6	In a congregation of sinners, a fire will be kindled. In a disobedient nation, wrath is kindled.
16:7	He was not pacified toward the giants of old time, who revolted in their strength.
16:8	He didn’t spare Lot’s neighbors, whom he abhorred for their pride.
16:9	He didn’t pity the people of perdition who were taken away in their sins,
16:10	or in like manner, the six hundred thousand footmen who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts.
16:11	Even if there is one stiff-necked person, it is a marvel if he will be unpunished; for mercy and wrath are both with him who is mighty to forgive, and he pours out wrath.
16:12	As his mercy is great, so is his correction also. He judges a man according to his works.
16:13	The sinner will not escape with plunder. The perseverance of the godly will not be frustrated.
16:14	He will make room for every work of mercy. Each man will receive according to his works.
16:17	Don’t say, “I will be hidden from the Lord,” and “Who will remember me from on high?” I will not be known among so many people, for what is my soul in a boundless creation?
16:18	Behold, heaven, the heaven of heavens, the deep, and the earth, will be moved when he visits.
16:19	The mountains and the foundations of the earth together are shaken with trembling when he looks at them.
16:20	No heart will think about these things. Who could comprehend his ways?
16:21	Like a tempest which no man can see, so, the majority of his works are hidden.
16:22	Who will declare his works of righteousness? Who will wait for them? For his covenant is afar off.
16:23	He who is lacking in understanding thinks about these things. An unwise and erring man thinks foolishly.
16:24	My son, listen to me, learn knowledge, and heed my words with your heart.
16:25	I will impart instruction with precision, and declare knowledge exactly.
16:26	In the judgment of the Lord are his works from the beginning. From the making of them he determined their boundaries.
16:27	He arranged his works for all time, and their beginnings to their generations. They aren’t hungry or weary, and they don’t cease from their works.
16:28	No one pushes aside his neighbor. They will never disobey his word.
16:29	After this also the Lord looked at the earth and filled it with his blessings.
16:30	All manner of living things covered its surface, and they return into it.
17:1	The Lord created mankind out of earth, and turned them back to it again.
17:2	He gave them days by number, and a set time, and gave them authority over the things that are on it.
17:3	He endowed them with strength proper to them, and made them according to his own image.
17:4	He put the fear of man upon all flesh, and gave him dominion over beasts and birds.
17:6	He gave them counsel, tongue, eyes, ears, and heart to have understanding.
17:7	He filled them with the knowledge of wisdom, and showed them good and evil.
17:8	He set his eye upon their hearts, to show them the majesty of his works.
17:10	And they will praise his holy name, that they may declare the majesty of his works.
17:11	He added to them knowledge, and gave them a law of life for a heritage.
17:12	He made an everlasting covenant with them, and showed them his decrees.
17:13	Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory. Their ears heard the glory of his voice.
17:14	He said to them, “Beware of all unrighteousness.” So he gave them commandment, each man concerning his neighbor.
17:15	Their ways are ever before him. They will not be hidden from his eyes.
17:17	For every nation he appointed a ruler, but Israel is the Lord’s portion.
17:19	All their works are as clear as the sun before him. His eyes are continually upon their ways.
17:20	Their iniquities are not hidden from him. All their sins are before the Lord.
17:22	With him the alms of a man is as a signet. He will keep a man’s kindness as the pupil of the eye.
17:23	Afterwards he will rise up and repay them, and give their repayment upon their head.
17:24	However to those who repent he grants a return. He comforts those who are losing hope.
17:25	Return to the Lord, and forsake sins. Make your prayer before his face offend less.
17:26	Turn again to the Most High, and turn away from iniquity. Greatly hate the abominable thing.
17:27	Who will give praise to the Most High in Hades, in place of the living who return thanks?
17:28	Thanksgiving perishes from the dead, as from one who doesn’t exist. He who is in life and health will praise the Lord.
17:29	How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness to those who turn to him!
17:30	For humans are not capable of everything, because the son of man is not immortal.
17:31	What is brighter than the sun? Yet even this can be eclipsed. So flesh and blood devise evil.
17:32	He looks upon the power of the height of heaven, while all men are earth and ashes.
18:1	He who lives forever created the whole universe.
18:2	The Lord alone is just.
18:4	He has given power to declare his works to no one. Who could trace out his mighty deeds?
18:5	Who could measure the strength of his majesty? Who could also proclaim his mercies?
18:6	As for the wondrous works of the Lord, it is not possible to take from them nor add to them, neither is it possible to explore them.
18:7	When a man has finished, then he is just at the beginning. When he stops, then he will be perplexed.
18:8	What is mankind, and what purpose do they serve? What is their good, and what is their evil?
18:9	The number of man’s days at the most are a hundred years.
18:10	As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from the sand, so are a few years in the day of eternity.
18:11	For this cause the Lord was patient over them, and poured out his mercy upon them.
18:12	He saw and perceived their end, that it is evil. Therefore he multiplied his forgiveness.
18:13	The mercy of a man is on his neighbor; but the mercy of the Lord is on all flesh: reproving, chastening, teaching, and bringing back, as a shepherd does his flock.
18:14	He has mercy on those who accept chastening, and that diligently seek after his judgments.
18:15	My son, don’t add reproach to your good deeds, and no harsh words in any of your giving.
18:16	Doesn’t the dew relieve the scorching heat? So a word is better than a gift.
18:17	Behold, isn’t a word better than a gift? Both are with a gracious person.
18:18	A fool is ungracious and abusive. The gift of a grudging person consumes the eyes.
18:19	Learn before you speak. Take care of your health before you get sick.
18:20	Before judgment, examine yourself, and in the hour of scrutiny you will find forgiveness.
18:21	Humble yourself before you get sick. In the time of sins, repent.
18:22	Let nothing hinder you to pay your vow in due time. Don’t wait until death to be released.
18:23	Before you make a vow, prepare yourself. Don’t be like a man who tests the Lord.
18:24	Think about the wrath coming in the days of the end, and the time of vengeance, when he turns away his face.
18:25	In the days of fullness remember the time of hunger. Remember poverty and lack in the days of wealth.
18:26	From morning until evening, the time changes. All things are speedy before the Lord.
18:27	A wise man is cautious in everything. In days of sinning, he will beware of offense.
18:28	Every man of understanding knows wisdom. He will give thanks to him who found her.
18:29	They who were of understanding in sayings also became wise themselves, and poured out apt proverbs.
18:30	Don’t go after your lusts. Restrain your appetites.
18:31	If you give fully to your soul the delight of her desire, she will make you the laughing stock of your enemies.
18:32	Don’t make merry in much luxury, and don’t be tied to its expense.
18:33	Don’t be made a beggar by banqueting with borrowed money when you have nothing in your purse.
19:1	A worker who is a drunkard will not become rich. He who despises small things will fall little by little.
19:2	Wine and women will make men of understanding go astray. He who joins with prostitutes is reckless.
19:3	Decay and worms will have him as their heritage. A reckless soul will be taken away.
19:4	He who is hasty to trust is shallow-hearted. He who sins offends against his own soul.
19:5	He who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned.
19:6	He who hates gossip has less wickedness.
19:7	Never repeat what is told you, and you won’t lose anything.
19:8	Whether it is of friend or foe, don’t tell it. Unless it is a sin to you, don’t reveal it.
19:9	For if he has heard you and observed you, when the time comes, he will hate you.
19:10	Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Be brave: it will not make you burst!
19:11	A fool will travail in pain with a word, as a woman in labor with a child.
19:12	As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh, so is gossip in a fool.
19:13	Question a friend; it may be he didn’t do it. If he did something, it may be that he may do it no more.
19:14	Question your neighbor; it may be he didn’t say it. If he has said it, it may be that he may not say it again.
19:15	Question a friend; for many times there is slander. Don’t trust every word.
19:16	There is one who slips, and not from the heart. Who is he who hasn’t sinned with his tongue?
19:17	Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him; and give place to the law of the Most High.
19:20	All wisdom is the fear of the Lord. In all wisdom is the doing of the law.
19:22	The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom. The prudence of sinners is not counsel.
19:23	There is a wickedness, and it is an abomination. There is a fool lacking in wisdom.
19:24	Better is one who has little understanding, and fears God, than one who has much intelligence and transgresses the law.
19:25	There is an exquisite subtlety, and it is unjust. And there is one who perverts favor to gain a judgment.
19:26	There is one who does wickedly, who hangs down his head with mourning; but inwardly he is full of deceit,
19:27	bowing down his face, and pretending to be deaf in one ear. Where he isn’t known, he will take advantage of you.
19:28	And if for lack of power he is hindered from sinning, if he finds opportunity, he will do mischief.
19:29	A man will be known by his appearance. One who has understanding will be known by his face when you meet him.
19:30	A man’s attire, grinning laughter, and the way he walks show what he is.
20:1	There is a reproof that is not timely; and there is a person who is wise enough to keep silent.
20:2	How good is it to reprove, rather than to be angry. He who confesses will be kept back from harm.
20:4	As is the lust of a eunuch to deflower a virgin, so is he who executes judgments with violence.
20:5	There is one who keeps silent and is found wise; and there is one who is hated for his much talk.
20:6	There is one who keeps silent, for he has no answer to make; And there is one who keeps silent, knowing when to speak.
20:7	A wise man will be silent until his time has come, but the braggart and fool will miss his time.
20:8	He who uses many words will be abhorred. He who takes authority for himself will be hated in it.
20:9	There is a prosperity that a man finds in misfortunes; and there is a gain that turns to loss.
20:10	There is a gift that will not profit you; and there is a gift that pays back double.
20:11	There are losses because of glory; and there is one who has lifted up his head from a low estate.
20:12	There is one who buys much for a little, and pays for it again sevenfold.
20:13	He who is wise in words will make himself beloved; but the pleasantries of fools will be wasted.
20:14	The gift of a fool will not profit you, for he looks for repayment many times instead of one.
20:15	He will give little and insult much. He will open his mouth like a crier. Today he will lend, and tomorrow he will ask for it back. Such a one is a hateful man.
20:16	The fool will say, “I have no friend, and I have no thanks for my good deeds. Those who eat my bread have an evil tongue.”
20:17	How often, and of how many, will he be laughed to scorn!
20:18	A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue. So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.
20:19	A man without grace is a tale out of season. It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant.
20:20	A parable from a fool’s mouth will be rejected; for he won’t tell it at the proper time.
20:21	There is one who is hindered from sinning through lack. When he rests, he will not be troubled.
20:22	There is one who destroys his soul through bashfulness. By a foolish countenance, he will destroy it.
20:23	There is one who for bashfulness makes promises to his friend; and he makes him his enemy for nothing.
20:24	A lie is an ugly blot on a person. It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant.
20:25	A thief is better than a man who is continually lying, but they both will inherit destruction.
20:26	The destination of a liar is dishonor. His shame is with him continually.
20:27	He who is wise in words will advance himself. And one who is prudent will please great men.
20:28	He who tills his land will raise his harvest high. He who pleases great men will get pardon for iniquity.
20:29	Favors and gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs.
20:30	Wisdom that is hidden, and treasure that is out of sight— what profit is in either of them?
20:31	Better is a man who hides his folly than a man who hides his wisdom.
21:1	My son, have you sinned? Do it no more; and ask forgiveness for your past sins.
21:2	Flee from sin as from the face of a snake; for if you go near, it will bite you. Its teeth are like lion’s teeth, slaying people’s souls.
21:3	All iniquity is as a two-edged sword. Its stroke has no healing.
21:4	Terror and violence will waste away riches. So the house of an arrogant man will be laid waste.
21:5	Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of God, and his judgment comes speedily.
21:6	One who hates reproof is in the path of the sinner. He who fears the Lord will repent in his heart.
21:7	He who is mighty in tongue is known far away; but the man of understanding knows when he slips.
21:8	He who builds his house with other men’s money is like one who gathers stones for his own tomb.
21:9	The congregation of wicked men is as a bundle of tow with a flame of fire at the end of them.
21:10	The way of sinners is paved with stones; and at the end of it is the pit of Hades.
21:11	He who keeps the law becomes master of its intent. The fulfilment of the fear of the Lord is wisdom.
21:12	He who is not clever will not be instructed. There is a cleverness which makes bitterness abound.
21:13	The knowledge of a wise man will be made to abound as a flood, and his counsel as a fountain of life.
21:14	The inward parts of a fool are like a broken vessel. He will hold no knowledge.
21:15	If a man of knowledge hears a wise word, he will commend it and add to it. The wanton man hears it, and it displeases him, so he throws it away behind his back.
21:16	The chatter of a fool is like a burden in the way, but grace will be found on the lips of the wise.
21:17	The utterance of the prudent man will be sought for in the congregation. They will ponder his words in their heart.
21:18	As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool. The knowledge of an unwise man is talk without sense.
21:19	Instruction is as fetters on the feet of an unwise man, and as manacles on the right hand.
21:20	A fool lifts up his voice with laughter, but a clever man smiles quietly.
21:21	Instruction is to a prudent man as an ornament of gold, and as a bracelet upon his right arm.
21:22	The foot of a fool rushes into a house, but a man of experience will be ashamed of entering.
21:23	A foolish man peers into the door of a house, but a man who is instructed will stand outside.
21:24	It is rude for someone to listen at a door, but a prudent person will be grieved with the disgrace.
21:25	The lips of strangers will be grieved at these things, but the words of prudent men will be weighed in the balance.
21:26	The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of wise men is their heart.
21:27	When the ungodly curses an adversary, he curses his own soul.
21:28	A whisperer defiles his own soul, and will be hated wherever he travels.
22:1	A slothful man is compared to a stone that is defiled. Everyone will hiss at him in his disgrace.
22:2	A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill. Anyone who picks it up will shake it out of his hand.
22:3	An undisciplined child is a disgrace to his father, and a foolish daughter is born to his loss.
22:4	A prudent daughter will inherit a husband of her own. She who brings shame is the grief of her father.
22:5	She who is arrogant brings shame on father and husband. She will be despised by both of them.
22:6	Ill-timed conversation is like music in mourning, but stripes and correction are wisdom in every season.
22:7	He who teaches a fool is like one who glues potsherds together, even like one who wakes a sleeper out of a deep sleep.
22:8	He who teaches a fool is as one who teaches a man who slumbers. In the end he will say, “What is it?”
22:11	Weep for the dead, for he lacks light. Weep for a fool, for he lacks understanding. Weep more sweetly for the dead, because he has found rest, but the life of the fool is worse than death.
22:12	Mourning for the dead lasts seven days, but for a fool and an ungodly man, it lasts all the days of his life.
22:13	Don’t talk much with a foolish man, and don’t go to one who has no understanding. Beware of him, lest you have trouble and be defiled in his onslaught. Turn away from him, and you will find rest, and you won’t be wearied in his madness.
22:14	What would be heavier than lead? What is its name, but “Fool”?
22:15	Sand, salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear than a man without understanding.
22:16	Timber girded and bound into a building will not be released with shaking. So a heart established in due season on well advised counsel will not be afraid.
22:17	A heart settled upon a thoughtful understanding is as an ornament of plaster on a polished wall.
22:18	Fences set on a high place will not stand against the wind; so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.
22:19	He who pricks the eye will make tears fall. He who pricks the heart makes it show feeling.
22:20	Whoever casts a stone at birds scares them away. He who insults a friend will dissolve friendship.
22:21	If you have drawn a sword against a friend, don’t despair, for there may be a way back.
22:22	If you have opened your mouth against a friend, don’t be afraid, for there may be reconciliation, unless it is for insulting, arrogance, disclosing of a secret, or a treacherous blow— for these things any friend will flee.
22:23	Gain trust with your neighbor in his poverty, that in his prosperity you may have gladness. Stay steadfast to him in the time of his affliction, that you may be heir with him in his inheritance.
22:24	Before fire is the vapor and smoke of a furnace, so insults precede bloodshed.
22:25	I won’t be ashamed to shelter a friend. I won’t hide myself from his face.
22:26	If any evil happens to me because of him, everyone who hears it will beware of him.
22:27	Who will set a watch over my mouth, and a seal of shrewdness upon my lips, that I may not fall from it, and that my tongue may not destroy me?
23:1	O Lord, Father and Master of my life, don’t abandon me to their counsel. Don’t let me fall because of them.
23:2	Who will set scourges over my thought, and a discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not for my errors, and not overlook their sins?
23:3	Otherwise my errors might be multiplied, and my sins abound, I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me.
23:4	O Lord, Father and God of my life, don’t give me a haughty eyes,
23:5	and turn away evil desire from me.
23:6	Let neither gluttony nor lust overtake me. Don’t give me over to a shameless mind.
23:7	Listen, my children, to the discipline of the mouth. He who keeps it will not be caught.
23:8	The sinner will be overpowered through his lips. By them, the insulter and the arrogant will stumble.
23:9	Don’t accustom your mouth to an oath, and don’t be accustomed to naming the Holy One,
23:10	for as a servant who is continually scourged will not lack bruises, so he also who swears and continually utters the Name will not be cleansed from sin.
23:11	A man of many oaths will be filled with iniquity. The scourge will not depart from his house. If he offends, his sin will be upon him. If he disregards it, he has sinned doubly. If he has sworn falsely, he will not be justified, for his house will be filled with calamities.
23:12	There is a manner of speech that is clothed with death. Let it not be found in the heritage of Jacob, for all these things will be far from the godly, and they will not wallow in sins.
23:13	Don’t accustom your mouth to gross rudeness, for it involves sinful speech.
23:14	Remember your father and your mother, for you sit in the midst of great men, that you be not forgetful before them, and become a fool by your bad habit; so you may wish that you had not been born, and curse the day of your birth.
23:15	A man who is accustomed to abusive language won’t be corrected all the days of his life.
23:16	Two sorts of people multiply sins, and the third will bring wrath: a hot passion, like a burning fire, will not be quenched until it is consumed; a fornicator in the body of his flesh will never cease until he has burned out the fire.
23:17	All bread is sweet to a fornicator. He will not cease until he dies.
23:18	A man who goes astray from his own marriage bed says in his heart, “Who sees me? Darkness is around me, and the walls hide me. No one sees me. Of whom am I afraid? The Most High will not remember my sins.”
23:19	The eyes of men are his terror. He doesn’t know that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, seeing all the ways of men, and looking into secret places.
23:20	All things were known to him before they were created, and also after they were completed.
23:21	This man will be punished in the streets of the city. He will be seized where he least expects it.
23:22	So also is a wife who leaves her husband, and produces an heir by another man.
23:23	For first, she was disobedient in the law of the Most High. Second, she trespassed against her own husband. Third, she played the adulteress in fornication, and had children by another man.
23:24	She shall be brought out into the congregation. Her punishment will extend to her children.
23:25	Her children will not take root. Her branches will bear no fruit.
23:26	She will leave her memory for a curse. Her reproach won’t be blotted out.
23:27	And those who are left behind will know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord, and nothing sweeter than to heed the commandments of the Lord.
24:1	Wisdom will praise her own soul, and will proclaim her glory in the midst of her people.
24:2	She will open her mouth in the congregation of the Most High, and proclaim her glory in the presence of his power.
24:3	“I came out of the mouth of the Most High, and covered the earth as a mist.
24:4	I lived in high places, and my throne is in the pillar of the cloud.
24:5	Alone I surrounded the circuit of heaven, and walked in the depth of the abyss.
24:6	In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I obtained a possession.
24:7	With all these I sought rest. In whose inheritance shall I lodge?
24:8	Then the Creator of all things gave me a command. He who created me made my tent to rest, and said, ‘Let your dwelling be in Jacob, and your inheritance in Israel.’
24:9	He created me from the beginning, before the ages. For all ages, I will not cease to exist.
24:10	In the holy tabernacle, I ministered before him. So I was established in Zion.
24:11	In the beloved city, likewise he gave me rest. In Jerusalem was my domain.
24:12	I took root in a people that was honored, even in the portion of the Lord’s own inheritance.
24:13	I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon, And like a cypress tree on the mountains of Hermon.
24:14	I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, like rose bushes in Jericho, and like a fair olive tree in the plain. I was exalted like a plane tree.
24:15	Like cinnamon and aspalathus, I have given a scent to perfumes. Like choice myrrh, I spread abroad a pleasant fragrance, like galbanum, onycha, stacte, and as the smell of frankincense in the tabernacle.
24:16	Like the terebinth, I stretched out my branches. My branches are glorious and graceful.
24:17	Like the vine, I put forth grace. My flowers are the fruit of glory and riches.
24:19	“Come to me, all you who desire me, and be filled with my fruits.
24:20	For my memory is sweeter than honey, and my inheritance than the honeycomb.
24:21	Those who eat me will be hungry for more. Those who drink me will be thirsty for more.
24:22	He who obeys me will not be ashamed. Those who work with me will not sin.”
24:23	All these things are the book of the covenant of the Most High God, the law which Moses commanded us for an inheritance for the assemblies of Jacob.
24:25	It is he who makes wisdom abundant, as Pishon, and as Tigris in the days of first fruits.
24:26	He makes understanding full as the Euphrates, and as the Jordan in the days of harvest,
24:27	who makes instruction shine forth as the light, as Gihon in the days of vintage.
24:28	The first man didn’t know her perfectly. In like manner, the last has not explored her.
24:29	For her thoughts are filled from the sea, and her counsels from the great deep.
24:30	I came out as a canal stream from a river, and as an irrigation ditch into a garden.
24:31	I said, “I will water my garden, and will drench my garden bed.” Behold, my stream became a river, and my river became a sea.
24:32	I will yet bring instruction to light as the morning, and will make these things clear from far away.
24:33	I will continue to pour out teaching like prophecy, and leave it to all generations.
24:34	See that I have not labored for myself only, but for all those who diligently seek wisdom.
25:1	I enjoy three things, and they are beautiful before the Lord and men: the agreement of kindred, the friendship of neighbors, and a woman and her husband who walk together in agreement.
25:2	But my soul hates three sorts of people, and I am greatly offended at their life: a poor man who is arrogant, a rich man who is a liar, and an old fool who is an adulterer.
25:3	If you gathered nothing in your youth, how could you find anything in your old age?
25:4	How beautiful a thing is judgment in the gray-haired, and for elders to know good counsel!
25:5	How beautiful is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men who are in honor!
25:6	Much experience is the crown of the aged. Their glory is the fear of the Lord.
25:7	There are nine things that I have thought of, and in my heart counted happy, and the tenth I will utter with my tongue: a man who has joy with his children, and a man who lives and sees the fall of his enemies.
25:8	Happy is he who dwells with a wife of understanding, he who has not slipped with his tongue, and he who has not served a man who is unworthy of him.
25:9	Happy is he who has found prudence, and he who speaks in the ears of those who listen.
25:10	How great is he who has found wisdom! Yet there is none greater than one who fears the Lord.
25:11	The fear of the Lord surpasses all things. To whom shall he who holds it be likened?
25:13	Any wound but a wound of the heart! Any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman!
25:14	Any calamity but a calamity from those who hate me! Any vengeance but the vengeance of enemies!
25:15	There is no venom worse than a snake’s venom. There is no wrath worse than an enemy’s wrath.
25:16	I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman.
25:17	The wickedness of a woman changes her appearance, and darkens her countenance like that of a bear.
25:18	Her husband will sit among his neighbors, and when he hears it, he sighs bitterly.
25:19	All malice is small compared to the malice of a woman. Let the portion of a sinner fall on her.
25:20	As walking up a sandy hill is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.
25:21	Don’t be ensnared by a woman’s beauty. Don’t desire a woman for her beauty.
25:22	There is anger, impudence, and great reproach if a woman supports her husband.
25:23	A wicked woman is abasement of heart, sadness of countenance, and a wounded heart. A woman who won’t make her husband happy is like hands that hang down, and weak knees.
25:24	The beginning of sin came from a woman. Because of her, we all die.
25:25	Don’t give water an outlet, and don’t give a wicked woman freedom of speech.
25:26	If she doesn’t go as you direct, cut her away from your flesh.
26:1	Happy is the husband of a good wife. The number of his days will be doubled.
26:2	A faithful wife gives joy to her husband. He will fulfill his years in peace.
26:3	A good wife is a great gift. She will be given to those who fear the Lord.
26:4	Whether a man is rich or poor, a good heart makes a cheerful face at all times.
26:5	Of three things my heart was afraid, and concerning the fourth kind I made supplication: The slander of a city, the assembly of a mob, and a false accusation. All these are more grievous than death.
26:6	A grief of heart and sorrow is a woman who is jealous of another woman. Her tongue-lashing makes it known to all.
26:7	A wicked woman is like a chafing yoke. He who takes hold of her is like one who grasps a scorpion.
26:8	A drunken woman causes great wrath. She will not cover her own shame.
26:9	The fornication of a woman is in the lifting up of her eyes; it will be known by her eyelids.
26:10	Keep strict watch on a headstrong daughter, lest she find liberty for herself, and use it.
26:11	Watch out for an impudent eye, and don’t be surprised if it sins against you.
26:12	She will open her mouth like a thirsty traveller, and drink from every water that is near. She will sit down at every post, and open her quiver to any arrow.
26:13	The grace of a wife will delight her husband. Her knowledge will strengthen his bones.
26:14	A silent woman is a gift of the Lord. There is nothing worth so much as a well-instructed soul.
26:15	A modest woman is grace upon grace. There are no scales that can weigh the value of a self-controlled soul.
26:16	As the sun when it arises in the highest places of the Lord, so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-organized home.
26:17	As the lamp that shines upon the holy lampstand, so is the beauty of the face on a well-proportioned body.
26:18	As the golden pillars are upon a base of silver, so are beautiful feet with the breasts of one who is steadfast.
26:28	For two things my heart is grieved, and for the third anger comes upon me: a warrior who suffers for poverty, men of understanding who are counted as garbage, and one who turns back from righteousness to sin— the Lord will prepare him for the sword!
26:29	It is difficult for a merchant to keep himself from wrong doing, and for a retailer to be acquitted of sin.
27:1	Many have sinned for profit. He who seeks to multiply wealth will turn his eye away.
27:2	As a nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones, so sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling.
27:3	Unless a person holds on diligently to the fear of the Lord, his house will be overthrown quickly.
27:4	In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains, so does the filth of man in his thoughts.
27:5	The furnace tests the potter’s vessels; so the test of a person is in his thoughts.
27:6	The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation, so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart.
27:7	Praise no man before you hear his thoughts, for this is how people are tested.
27:8	If you follow righteousness, you will obtain it, and put it on like a long robe of glory.
27:9	Birds will return to their own kind, so truth will return to those who practice it.
27:10	The lion lies in wait for prey. So does sin for those who do evil.
27:11	The discourse of a godly man is always wise, but the fool changes like the moon.
27:12	Limit your time among people void of understanding, but persevere among the thoughtful.
27:13	The talk of fools is offensive. Their laughter is wantonly sinful.
27:14	Their talk with much swearing makes hair stand upright. Their strife makes others plug their ears.
27:15	The strife of the proud leads to bloodshed. Their abuse of each other is a grievous thing to hear.
27:16	He who reveals secrets destroys trust, and will not find a close friend.
27:17	Love a friend, and keep faith with him; but if you reveal his secrets, you shall not follow him;
27:18	for as a man has destroyed his enemy, so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor.
27:19	As a bird which you have released out of your hand, so you have let your neighbor go, and you will not catch him again.
27:20	Don’t pursue him, for he has gone far away, and has escaped like a gazelle out of the snare.
27:21	For a wound may be bound up, and after abuse there may be reconciliation; but he who reveals secrets is without hope.
27:22	One who winks the eye contrives evil things; and those who know him will keep their distance.
27:23	When you are present, he will speak sweetly, and will admire your words; but afterward he will twist his speech and set a trap in your words.
27:24	I have hated many things, but nothing like him. The Lord will hate him.
27:25	One who casts a stone straight up casts it on his own head. A deceitful blow opens wounds.
27:26	He who digs a pit will fall into it. He who sets a snare will be caught in it.
27:27	He who does evil things, they will roll back upon him, and he will not know where they came from.
27:28	Mockery and reproach are from the arrogant. Vengeance lies in wait for them like a lion.
27:29	Those who rejoice at the fall of the godly will be caught in a snare. Anguish will consume them before they die.
27:30	Wrath and anger, these also are abominations. A sinner will possess them.
28:1	He who takes vengeance will find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely make his sins firm.
28:2	Forgive your neighbor the hurt that he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.
28:3	Does anyone harbor anger against another and expect healing from the Lord?
28:4	Upon a man like himself he has no mercy, and does he make supplication for his own sins?
28:5	He himself, being flesh, nourishes wrath. Who will make atonement for his sins?
28:6	Remember your last end, and stop enmity. Remember corruption and death, and be true to the commandments.
28:7	Remember the commandments, and don’t be angry with your neighbor. Remember the covenant of the Highest, and overlook ignorance.
28:8	Abstain from strife, and you will diminish your sins, for a passionate man will kindle strife.
28:9	A man who is a sinner will trouble friends and sow discord among those who are at peace.
28:10	As is the fuel of the fire, so it will burn; and as the stoutness of the strife is, so it will burn. As is the strength of the man, so will be his wrath; and as is his wealth, so he will exalt his anger.
28:11	A contention begun in haste kindles a fire; and hasty fighting sheds blood.
28:12	If you blow on a spark, it will burn; and if you spit upon it, it will be quenched. Both of these come out of your mouth.
28:13	Curse the whisperer and double-tongued, for he has destroyed many who were at peace.
28:14	A slanderer has shaken many, and dispersed them from nation to nation. It has pulled down strong cities and overthrown the houses of great men.
28:15	A slanderer has cast out brave women and deprived them of their labors.
28:16	He who listens to it will not find rest, nor will he live quietly.
28:17	The stroke of a whip makes a mark in the flesh, but the stroke of a tongue will break bones.
28:18	Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, yet not so many as those who have fallen because of the tongue.
28:19	Happy is he who is sheltered from it, who has not passed through its wrath, who has not drawn its yoke, and has not been bound with its bands.
28:20	For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its bands are bands of brass.
28:21	Its death is an evil death, and Hades is better than it.
28:22	It will not have rule over godly men. They will not be burned in its flame.
28:23	Those who forsake the Lord will fall into it. It will burn among them, and won’t be quenched. It will be sent against them like a lion. It will destroy them like a leopard.
28:24	As you hedge your possession about with thorns, and secure your silver and your gold,
28:25	so make a balance and a weight for your words, and make a door and a bar for your mouth.
28:26	Take heed lest you slip with it, lest you fall before one who lies in wait.
29:1	He who shows mercy will lend to his neighbor. He who strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.
29:2	Lend to your neighbor in time of his need. Repay your neighbor on time.
29:3	Confirm your word, and keep faith with him; and at all seasons you will find what you need.
29:4	Many have considered a loan to be a windfall, and have given trouble to those who helped them.
29:5	Until he has received, he will kiss a man’s hands. For his neighbor’s money he will speak submissively. Then when payment is due, he will prolong the time, return excuses, and complain about the season.
29:6	If he prevails, the creditor will hardly receive half; and he will count it as a windfall. If not, he has deprived him of his money, and he has gotten him for an enemy without cause. He will pay him with cursing and railing. Instead of honor, he will pay him disgrace.
29:7	Many on account of fraud have turned away. They are afraid of being defrauded for nothing.
29:8	However be patient with a man in poor estate. Don’t keep him waiting for your alms.
29:9	Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake. According to his need don’t send him empty away.
29:10	Lose your money for a brother and a friend. Don’t let it rust under a stone and be lost.
29:11	Allocate your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High and it will profit you more than gold.
29:12	Store up almsgiving in your store-chambers and it will deliver you out of all affliction.
29:13	It will fight for you against your enemy better than a mighty shield and a ponderous spear.
29:14	A good man will be surety for his neighbor. He who has lost shame will fail him.
29:15	Don’t forget the kindness of your guarantor, for he has given his life for you.
29:16	A sinner will waste the property of his guarantor.
29:17	He who is thankless will fail him who delivered him.
29:18	Being surety has undone many who were prospering and shaken them as a wave of the sea. It has driven mighty men from their homes. They wandered among foreign nations.
29:19	A sinner who falls into suretiship and undertakes contracts for work will fall into lawsuits.
29:20	Help your neighbor according to your power, and be careful not to fall yourself.
29:21	The essentials of life are water, bread, a garment, and a house for privacy.
29:22	Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs than sumptuous fare in another man’s house.
29:23	With little or with much, be well satisfied.
29:24	It is a miserable life to go from house to house. Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth.
29:25	You will entertain, serve drinks, and have no thanks. In addition to this, you will hear bitter words.
29:26	“Come here, you sojourner, set a table, and if you have anything in your hand, feed me with it.”
29:27	“Leave, you sojourner, for an honored guest is here. My brother has come to be my guest. I need my house.”
29:28	These things are grievous to a man of understanding: The scolding about lodging and the insults of creditors.
30:1	He who loves his son will continue to lay stripes upon him, that he may have joy from him in the end.
30:2	He who chastises his son will have profit from him, and will brag about him among his acquaintances.
30:3	He who teaches his son will provoke his enemy to jealousy. Before friends, he will rejoice in him.
30:4	His father dies, and is as though he had not died; for he has left one behind him like himself.
30:5	In his life, he saw his son and rejoiced. When he died, it was without regret.
30:6	He left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one to repay kindness to his friends.
30:7	He who makes too much of his son will bind up his wounds. His heart will be troubled at every cry.
30:8	An unbroken horse becomes stubborn. An unrestrained son becomes headstrong.
30:9	Pamper your child, and he will make you afraid. Play with him, and he will grieve you.
30:10	Don’t laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him, and you gnash your teeth in the end.
30:11	Give him no liberty in his youth, and don’t ignore his follies.
30:12	Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he become stubborn, and be disobedient to you, and there be sorrow to your soul.
30:13	Chastise your son, and give him work, lest his shameless behavior be an offense to you.
30:14	Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit, than a rich man who is afflicted in his body.
30:15	Health and fitness are better than all gold, and a strong body better than wealth without measure.
30:16	There is no wealth better than health of body. There is no gladness above the joy of the heart.
30:17	Death is better than a bitter life, and eternal rest than a continual sickness.
30:18	Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed are like food offerings laid upon a grave.
30:19	What does an offering profit an idol? For it can’t eat or smell. So is he who is punished by the Lord,
30:20	seeing with his eyes and groaning, like a eunuch embracing a virgin and groaning.
30:21	Don’t give your soul to sorrow. Don’t afflict yourself deliberately.
30:22	Gladness of heart is the life of a man. Cheerfulness of a man lengthens his days.
30:23	Love your own soul, and comfort your heart. Remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit in it.
30:24	Envy and wrath shorten life. Anxiety brings old age before its time.
30:25	Those who are cheerful and merry will benefit from their food.
31:1	Wakefulness that comes from riches consumes the flesh, and anxiety about it takes away sleep.
31:2	Wakeful anxiety will crave slumber. In a severe disease, sleep will be broken.
31:3	A rich man toils in gathering money together. When he rests, he is filled with his good things.
31:4	A poor man toils in lack of substance. When he rests, he becomes needy.
31:5	He who loves gold won’t be justified. He who follows destruction will himself have his fill of it.
31:6	Many have been given over to ruin for the sake of gold. Their destruction meets them face to face.
31:7	It is a stumbling block to those who sacrifice to it. Every fool will be taken by it.
31:8	Blessed is the rich person who is found blameless, and who doesn’t go after gold.
31:9	Who is he, that we may call him blessed? For he has done wonderful things among his people.
31:10	Who has been tried by it, and found perfect? Then let him boast. Who has had the power to transgress, and has not transgressed? And to do evil, and has not done it?
31:11	His prosperity will be made sure. The congregation will proclaim his alms.
31:12	Do you sit at a great table? Don’t be greedy there. Don’t say, “There is a lot of food on it!”
31:13	Remember that a greedy eye is a wicked thing. What has been created more greedy than an eye? Therefore it sheds tears from every face.
31:14	Don’t stretch your hand wherever it looks. Don’t thrust yourself with it into the dish.
31:15	Consider your neighbor’s feelings by your own. Be discreet in every point.
31:16	Eat like a human being those things which are set before you. Don’t eat greedily, lest you be hated.
31:17	Be first to stop for manners’ sake. Don’t be insatiable, lest you offend.
31:18	And if you sit among many, Don’t reach out your hand before them.
31:19	How sufficient to a well-mannered man is a very little. He doesn’t breathe heavily in his bed.
31:20	Healthy sleep comes from moderate eating. He rises early, and his wits are with him. The pain of wakefulness, colic, and griping are with an insatiable man.
31:21	And if you have been forced to eat, rise up in the middle of it, and you shall have rest.
31:22	Hear me, my son, and don’t despise me, and in the end you will appreciate my words. In all your works be skillful, and no disease will come to you.
31:23	People bless him who is liberal with his food. The testimony of his excellence will be believed.
31:24	The city will murmur at him who is a stingy with his food. The testimony of his stinginess will be accurate.
31:25	Don’t show yourself valiant in wine, for wine has destroyed many.
31:26	The furnace tests the temper of steel by dipping; so does wine test hearts in the quarreling of the proud.
31:27	Wine is as good as life to men, if you drink it in moderation. What life is there to a man who is without wine? It has been created to make men glad.
31:28	Wine drunk in season and in moderation is joy of heart and gladness of soul:
31:29	Wine drunk excessively is bitterness of soul, with provocation and conflict.
31:30	Drunkenness increases the rage of a fool to his hurt. It diminishes strength and adds wounds.
31:31	Don’t rebuke your neighbor at a banquet of wine. Don’t despise him in his mirth. Don’t speak a word of reproach to him. Don’t distress him by making demands of him.
32:1	Have they made you ruler of a feast? Don’t be lifted up. Be among them as one of them. Take care of them first, and then sit down.
32:2	And when you have done all your duties, take your place, that you may be gladdened on their account, and receive a wreath for your good service.
32:3	Speak, you who are older, for it’s your right, but with sound knowledge; and don’t interrupt the music.
32:4	Don’t pour out talk where there is a performance of music. Don’t display your wisdom at the wrong time.
32:5	As a ruby signet in a setting of gold, so is a music concert at a wine banquet.
32:6	As an emerald signet in a work of gold, so is musical melody with pleasant wine.
32:7	Speak, young man, if you are obliged to, but no more than twice, and only if asked.
32:8	Sum up your speech, many things in few words. Be as one who knows and yet holds his tongue.
32:9	When among great men, don’t behave as their equal. When another is speaking, don’t babble.
32:10	Lightning speeds before thunder. Approval goes before one who is modest.
32:11	Rise up in good time, and don’t be last. Go home quickly and don’t loiter
32:12	Amuse yourself there and do what is in your heart. Don’t sin by proud speech.
32:13	For these things bless your Maker, who gives you to drink freely of his good things.
32:14	He who fears the Lord will receive discipline. Those who seek him early will find favor.
32:15	He who seeks the law shall be filled with it, but the hypocrite will stumble at it.
32:16	Those who fear the Lord will find true judgment, and will kindle righteous acts like a light.
32:17	A sinful man shuns reproof, and will find a judgment according to his will.
32:18	A sensible person won’t neglect a thought. An insolent and proud man won’t crouch in fear, even after he has done a thing by himself without counsel.
32:19	Do nothing without counsel, but when you have acted, don’t regret it.
32:20	Don’t go in a way of conflict. Don’t stumble in stony places.
32:21	Don’t be overconfident on a smooth road.
32:22	Beware of your own children.
32:23	In every work guard your own soul, for this is the keeping of the commandments.
32:24	He who believes the law gives heed to the commandment. He who trusts in the Lord will suffer no loss.
33:1	No evil will happen to him who fears the Lord, but in trials once and again he will deliver him.
33:2	A wise man will not hate the law, but he who is a hypocrite about it is like a boat in a storm.
33:3	A man of understanding will put his trust in the law. And the law is faithful to him, as when one asks a divine oracle.
33:4	Prepare your speech, and so you will be heard. Bind up instruction, and make your answer.
33:5	The heart of a fool is like a cartwheel. His thoughts are like a rolling axle.
33:6	A stallion horse is like a mocking friend. He neighs under every one who sits upon him.
33:7	Why does one day excel another, when all the light of every day in the year is from the sun?
33:8	They were distinguished by the Lord’s knowledge, and he varied seasons and feasts.
33:9	Some of them he exalted and hallowed, and some of them he has made ordinary days.
33:10	And all men are from the ground. Adam was created from dust.
33:11	In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them, and made their ways different.
33:12	Some of them he blessed and exalted, and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself. Some of them he cursed and brought low, and overthrew them from their place.
33:13	As the clay of the potter in his hand, all his ways are according to his good pleasure, so men are in the hand of him who made them, to give to them according to his judgment.
33:14	Good is the opposite of evil, and life is the opposite of death; so the sinner is the opposite of the godly.
33:15	Look upon all the works of the Most High like this, they come in pairs, one against another.
33:16	I was the last on watch, like one who gleans after the grape gatherers.
33:17	By the Lord’s blessing I arrived before them, and filled my winepress like one who gathers grapes.
33:18	Consider that I labored not for myself alone, but for all those who seek instruction.
33:19	Hear me, you great men of the people, and listen with your ears, you rulers of the congregation.
33:20	To son and wife, to brother and friend, don’t give power over yourself while you live, and don’t give your goods to another, lest you regret it and must ask for them.
33:21	While you still live and breath is in you, don’t give yourself over to anybody.
33:22	For it is better that your children should ask from you than that you should look to the hand of your children.
33:23	Excel in all your works. Don’t bring a stain on your honor.
33:24	In the day that you end the days of your life, in the time of death, distribute your inheritance.
33:25	Fodder, a stick, and burdens are for a donkey. Bread, discipline, and work are for a servant.
33:26	Set your slave to work, and you will find rest. Leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.
33:27	Yoke and whip will bow the neck. For an evil slave there are racks and tortures.
33:28	Send him to labor, that he not be idle, for idleness teaches much mischief.
33:29	Set him to work, as is fit for him. If he doesn’t obey, make his fetters heavy.
33:30	Don’t be excessive toward any. Do nothing unjust.
33:31	If you have a slave, treat him like yourself, because you have bought him with blood.
33:32	If you have a slave, treat him like yourself. For like your own soul, you will need him. If you treat him ill, and he departs and runs away,
33:33	which way will you go to seek him?
34:1	Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding. Dreams give wings to fools.
34:2	As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind, so is he who sets his mind on dreams.
34:3	The vision of dreams is a reflection, the likeness of a face near a face.
34:4	From an unclean thing what can be cleansed? From that which is false what can be true?
34:5	Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain. The heart has fantasies like a woman in labor.
34:6	If they are not sent in a visitation from the Most High, don’t give your heart to them.
34:7	For dreams have led many astray. They have failed by putting their hope in them.
34:8	Without lying the law will be fulfilled. Wisdom is complete in a faithful mouth.
34:9	A well-instructed man knows many things. He who has much experience will declare understanding.
34:10	He who has no experience knows few things. But he who has traveled increases cleverness.
34:11	I have seen many things in my travels. My understanding is more than my words.
34:12	I was often in danger even to death. I was preserved because of these experiences.
34:13	The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live, for their hope is in him who saves them.
34:14	Whoever fears the Lord won’t be afraid, and won’t be a coward, for he is his hope.
34:15	Blessed is the soul of him who fears the Lord. To whom does he give heed? Who is his support?
34:16	The eyes of the Lord are on those who love him, a mighty protection and strong support, a cover from the hot blast, a shade from the noonday sun, a guard from stumbling, and a help from falling.
34:17	He raises up the soul, and enlightens the eyes. He gives health, life, and blessing.
34:18	He who sacrifices a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is made in mockery. The mockeries of wicked men are not acceptable.
34:19	The Most High has no pleasure in the offerings of the ungodly, Neither is he pacified for sins by the multitude of sacrifices.
34:20	Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes is he who brings a sacrifice from the goods of the poor.
34:21	The bread of the needy is the life of the poor. He who deprives him of it is a man of blood.
34:22	Like one who murders his neighbor is he who takes away his living. Like a shedder of blood is he who deprives a hireling of his hire.
34:23	When one builds, and another pulls down, what profit do they have but toil?
34:24	When one prays, and another curses, whose voice will the Lord listen to?
34:25	He who washes himself after touching a dead body, and touches it again, what does he gain by his washing?
34:26	Even so a man fasting for his sins, and going again, and doing the same, who will listen to his prayer? What profit does he have in his humiliation?
35:1	He who keeps the law multiplies offerings. He who heeds the commandments sacrifices a peace offering.
35:2	He who returns a kindness offers fine flour. He who gives alms sacrifices a thank offering.
35:3	To depart from wickedness pleases the Lord. To depart from unrighteousness is an atoning sacrifice.
35:4	See that you don’t appear in the presence of the Lord empty.
35:5	For all these things are done because of the commandment.
35:6	The offering of the righteous enriches the altar. The sweet fragrance of it is before the Most High.
35:7	The sacrifice of a righteous man is acceptable. It won’t be forgotten.
35:8	Glorify the Lord with generosity. Don’t reduce the first fruits of your hands.
35:9	In every gift show a cheerful countenance, And dedicate your tithe with gladness.
35:10	Give to the Most High according as he has given. As your hand has found, give generously.
35:11	For the Lord repays, and he will repay you sevenfold.
35:12	Don’t plan to bribe him with gifts, for he will not receive them. Don’t set your mind on an unrighteous sacrifice, For the Lord is the judge, and with him is no respect of persons.
35:13	He won’t accept any person against a poor man. He will listen to the prayer of him who is wronged.
35:14	He will in no way despise the supplication of the fatherless or the widow, when she pours out her tale.
35:15	Don’t the tears of the widow run down her cheek? Isn’t her cry against him who has caused them to fall?
35:16	He who serves God according to his good pleasure will be accepted. His supplication will reach to the clouds.
35:17	The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds. until it comes near, he will not be comforted. He won’t depart until the Most High visits and he judges righteously and executes judgment.
35:18	And the Lord will not be slack, neither will he be patient toward them, until he has crushed the loins of the unmerciful. He will repay vengeance to the heathen until he has taken away the multitude of the arrogant and broken in pieces the sceptres of the unrighteous,
35:19	until he has rendered to every man according to his deeds, and repaid the works of men according to their plans, until he has judged the cause of his people, and he will make them rejoice in his mercy.
35:20	Mercy is as welcome in the time of his affliction, as clouds of rain in the time of drought.
36:1	Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and look at us with favor;
36:2	and send your fear upon all the nations.
36:3	Lift up your hand against the foreign nations and let them see your mighty power.
36:4	As you showed your holiness in us before them, so be magnified in them before us.
36:5	Let them know you, as we also have known you, that there is no God but only you, O God.
36:6	Show new signs, and work various wonders. Glorify your hand and your right arm.
36:7	Raise up indignation and pour out wrath. Take away the adversary and destroy the enemy.
36:8	Hasten the time and remember your oath. Let them declare your mighty works.
36:9	Let him who escapes be devoured by raging fire. May those who harm your people find destruction.
36:10	Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemies who say, “There is no one but ourselves.”
36:11	Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.
36:12	O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name, and upon Israel, whom you likened to a firstborn.
36:13	Have compassion upon the city of your sanctuary, Jerusalem, the place of your rest.
36:14	Fill Zion. Exalt your oracles and fill your people with your glory.
36:15	Give testimony to those who were your creatures in the beginning, and fulfill the prophecies that have been spoken in your name.
36:16	Reward those who wait for you, and men will put their trust in your prophets.
36:17	Listen, O Lord, to the prayer of your servants, according to the blessing of Aaron concerning your people; and all those who are on the earth will know that you are the Lord, the eternal God.
36:18	The belly will eat any food, but one food is better than another.
36:19	The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting, so does an understanding heart detect false speech.
36:20	A contrary heart will cause heaviness. A man of experience will pay him back.
36:21	A woman will receive any man, but one daughter is better than another.
36:22	The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance. A man desires nothing more.
36:23	If kindness and humility are on her tongue, her husband is not like other sons of men.
36:24	He who gets a wife gets his richest treasure, a help meet for him and a pillar of support.
36:25	Where no hedge is, the property will be plundered. He who has no wife will mourn as he wanders.
36:26	For who would trust a nimble robber who skips from city to city? Even so, who would trust a man who has no nest, and lodges wherever he finds himself at nightfall?
37:1	Every friend will say, “I also am his friend”; but there is a friend which is only a friend in name.
37:2	Isn’t there a grief in it even to death when a companion and friend is turned into an enemy?
37:3	O wicked imagination, why were you formed to cover the dry land with deceit?
37:4	There is a companion who rejoices in the gladness of a friend, but in time of affliction will be against him.
37:5	There is a companion who for the belly’s sake labors with his friend, yet in the face of battle will carry his buckler.
37:6	Don’t forget a friend in your soul. Don’t be unmindful of him in your riches.
37:7	Every counselor extols counsel, but some give counsel in their own interest.
37:8	Let your soul beware of a counselor, and know in advance what is his interest (for he will take counsel for himself), lest he cast the lot against you,
37:9	and say to you, “Your way is good.” Then he will stand near you, to see what will happen to you.
37:10	Don’t take counsel with one who looks askance at you. Hide your counsel from those who are jealous of you.
37:11	Don’t consult with a woman about her rival, with a coward about war, with a merchant about business, with a buyer about selling, with an envious man about thankfulness, with an unmerciful man about kindliness, with a sluggard about any kind of work, with a hireling in your house about finishing his work, or with an idle servant about much business. Pay no attention to these in any matter of counsel.
37:12	But rather be continually with a godly man, whom you know to be a keeper of the commandments, who in his soul is as your own soul, and who will grieve with you, if you fail.
37:13	Make the counsel of your heart stand, for there is no one more faithful to you than it.
37:14	For a man’s soul is sometimes inclined to inform him better than seven watchmen who sit on high on a watch-tower.
37:15	Above all this ask the Most High that he may direct your way in truth.
37:16	Let reason be the beginning of every work. Let counsel go before every action.
37:17	As a token of the changing of the heart,
37:18	four kinds of things rise up: good and evil, life and death. That which rules over them continually is the tongue.
37:19	There is one who is clever and the instructor of many, and yet is unprofitable to his own soul.
37:20	There is one who is subtle in words, and is hated. He will be destitute of all food.
37:21	For grace was not given to him from the Lord, because he is deprived of all wisdom.
37:22	There is one who is wise to his own soul; and the fruits of his understanding are trustworthy in the mouth.
37:23	A wise man will instruct his own people. The fruits of his understanding are trustworthy.
37:24	A wise man will be filled with blessing. All those who see him will call him happy.
37:25	The life of a man is counted by days. The days of Israel are innumerable.
37:26	The wise man will inherit confidence among his people. His name will live forever.
37:27	My son, test your soul in your life. See what is evil for it, and don’t give in to it.
37:28	For not all things are profitable for all men. Not every soul has pleasure in everything.
37:29	Don’t be insatiable in any luxury. Don’t be greedy in the things that you eat.
37:30	For overeating brings disease, and gluttony causes nausea.
37:31	Because of gluttony, many have perished, but he who takes heed shall prolong his life.
38:1	Honor a physician according to your need with the honors due to him, for truly the Lord has created him.
38:2	For healing comes from the Most High, and he shall receive a gift from the king.
38:3	The skill of the physician will lift up his head. He will be admired in the sight of great men.
38:4	The Lord created medicines out of the earth. A prudent man will not despise them.
38:5	Wasn’t water made sweet with wood, that its power might be known?
38:6	He gave men skill that he might be glorified in his marvelous works.
38:7	With them he heals and takes away pain.
38:8	With these, the pharmacist makes a mixture. God’s works won’t be brought to an end. From him, peace is upon the face of the earth.
38:9	My son, in your sickness don’t be negligent, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.
38:10	Put away wrong doing, and direct your hands in righteousness. Cleanse your heart from all sin.
38:11	Give a sweet savor and a memorial of fine flour, and pour oil on your offering, according to your means.
38:12	Then give place to the physician, for truly the Lord has created him. Don’t let him leave you, for you need him.
38:13	There is a time when recovery is in their hands.
38:14	For they also shall ask the Lord to prosper them in diagnosis and in healing for the maintenance of life.
38:15	He who sins before his Maker, let him fall into the hands of the physician.
38:16	My son, let your tears fall over the dead, and as one who suffers grievously, begin lamentation. Wind up his body with due honor. Don’t neglect his burial.
38:17	Make bitter weeping and make passionate wailing. Let your mourning be according to his merit, for one day or two, lest you be spoken evil of; and so be comforted for your sorrow.
38:18	For from sorrow comes death. Sorrow of heart saps one’s strength.
38:19	In calamity, sorrow also remains. A poor man’s life is grievous to the heart.
38:20	Don’t give your heart to sorrow. Put it away, remembering the end.
38:21	Don’t forget it, for there is no returning again. You do him no good, and you would harm yourself.
38:22	Remember his end, for so also will yours be: yesterday for him, and today for you.
38:23	When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest. Be comforted for him when his spirit departs from him.
38:24	The wisdom of the scribe comes by the opportunity of leisure. He who has little business can become wise.
38:25	How could he become wise who holds the plow, who glories in the shaft of the goad, who drives oxen and is occupied in their labors, and who mostly talks about bulls?
38:26	He will set his heart upon turning his furrows. His lack of sleep is to give his heifers their fodder.
38:27	So is every craftsman and master artisan who passes his time by night as by day, those who cut engravings of signets. His diligence is to make great variety. He sets his heart to preserve likeness in his portraiture, and is careful to finish his work.
38:28	So too is the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the unwrought iron. The smoke of the fire will waste his flesh. He toils in the heat of the furnace. The noise of the hammer deafens his ear. His eyes are upon the pattern of the object. He will set his heart upon perfecting his works. He will be careful to adorn them perfectly.
38:29	So is the potter sitting at his work and turning the wheel around with his feet, who is always anxiously set at his work. He produces his handiwork in quantity.
38:30	He will fashion the clay with his arm and will bend its strength in front of his feet. He will apply his heart to finish the glazing. He will be careful to clean the kiln.
38:31	All these put their trust in their hands. Each becomes skillful in his own work.
38:32	Without these no city would be inhabited. Men wouldn’t reside as foreigners or walk up and down there.
38:33	They won’t be sought for in the council of the people. They won’t mount on high in the assembly. They won’t sit on the seat of the judge. They won’t understand the covenant of judgment. Neither will they declare instruction and judgment. They won’t be found where parables are.
38:34	But they will maintain the fabric of the age. Their prayer is in the handiwork of their craft.
39:1	Not so he who has applied his soul and meditates in the law of the Most High. He will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients and will be occupied with prophecies.
39:2	He will keep the sayings of the men of renown and will enter in amidst the subtleties of parables.
39:3	He will seek out the hidden meaning of proverbs and be conversant in the dark sayings of parables.
39:4	He will serve among great men and appear before him who rules. He will travel through the land of foreign nations, for he has learned what is good and evil among men.
39:5	He will apply his heart to return early to the Lord who made him, and will make supplication before the Most High, and will open his mouth in prayer, and will ask for pardon for his sins.
39:6	If the great Lord wills, he will be filled with the spirit of understanding; he will pour forth the words of his wisdom and in prayer give thanks to the Lord.
39:7	He will direct his counsel and knowledge, and he will meditate in his secrets.
39:8	He will show the instruction which he has been taught and will glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.
39:9	Many will commend his understanding. So long as the world endures, it won’t be blotted out. His memory won’t depart. His name will live from generation to generation.
39:10	Nations will declare his wisdom. The congregation will proclaim his praise.
39:11	If he continues, he will leave a greater name than a thousand. If he finally rests, it is enough for him.
39:12	Yet more I will utter, which I have thought about. I am filled like the full moon.
39:13	Listen to me, you holy children, and bud forth like a rose growing by a brook of water.
39:14	Give a sweet fragrance like frankincense. Put forth flowers like a lily. Scatter a sweet smell and sing a song of praise. Bless the Lord for all his works!
39:15	Magnify his name and give utterance to his praise with the songs on your lips and with harps! Say this when you utter his praise:
39:16	All the works of the Lord are exceedingly good, and every command will be done in its time.
39:17	No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for at the proper time they will all be sought out. At his word, the waters stood as a heap, as did the reservoirs of water at the word of his mouth.
39:18	At his command all his good pleasure is fulfilled. There is no one who can hinder his salvation.
39:19	The works of all flesh are before him. It’s impossible to be hidden from his eyes.
39:20	He sees from everlasting to everlasting. There is nothing too wonderful for him.
39:21	No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?” for all things are created for their own uses.
39:22	His blessing covered the dry land as a river and saturated it as a flood.
39:23	As he has made the waters salty, so the heathen will inherit his wrath.
39:24	His ways are plain to the holy. They are stumbling blocks to the wicked.
39:25	Good things are created from the beginning for the good. So are evil things for sinners.
39:26	The main things necessary for the life of man are water, fire, iron, salt, wheat flour, and honey, milk, the blood of the grape, oil, and clothing.
39:27	All these things are for good to the godly, but for sinners, they will be turned into evils.
39:28	There are winds that are created for vengeance, and in their fury they lay on their scourges heavily. In the time of reckoning, they pour out their strength, and will appease the wrath of him who made them.
39:29	Fire, hail, famine, and death— all these are created for vengeance—
39:30	wild beasts’ teeth, scorpions, adders, and a sword punishing the ungodly to destruction.
39:31	They will rejoice in his commandment, and will be made ready upon earth when needed. In their seasons, they won’t disobey his command.
39:32	Therefore from the beginning I was convinced, and I thought it through and left it in writing:
39:33	All the works of the Lord are good. He will supply every need in its time.
39:34	No one can say, “This is worse than that,” for they will all be well approved in their time.
39:35	Now with all your hearts and voices, sing praises and bless the Lord’s name!
40:1	Great travail is created for every man. A heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb, until the day for their burial in the mother of all things.
40:2	The expectation of things to come, and the day of death, trouble their thoughts, and cause fear in their hearts.
40:3	From him who sits on a throne of glory, even to him who is humbled in earth and ashes,
40:4	from him who wears purple and a crown, even to him who is clothed in burlap,
40:5	there is wrath, jealousy, trouble, unrest, fear of death, anger, and strife. In the time of rest upon his bed, his night sleep changes his knowledge.
40:6	He gets little or no rest, and afterward in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch, he is troubled in the vision of his heart, as one who has escaped from the front of battle.
40:7	In the very time of his deliverance, he awakens, and marvels that the fear is nothing.
40:8	To all creatures, human and animal, and upon sinners sevenfold more,
40:9	come death, bloodshed, strife, sword, calamities, famine, suffering, and plague.
40:10	All these things were created for the wicked, and because of them the flood came.
40:11	All things that are of the earth turn to the earth again. All things that are of the waters return into the sea.
40:12	All bribery and injustice will be blotted out. Good faith will stand forever.
40:13	The goods of the unjust will be dried up like a river, and like a great thunder in rain will go off in noise.
40:14	In opening his hands, a man will be made glad; so lawbreakers will utterly fail.
40:15	The children of the ungodly won’t grow many branches, and are as unhealthy roots on a sheer rock.
40:16	The reeds by every water or river bank will be plucked up before all grass.
40:17	Kindness is like a garden of blessings. Almsgiving endures forever.
40:18	The life of one who labors and is content will be made sweet. He who finds a treasure is better than both.
40:19	Children and the building of a city establish a name. A blameless wife is better than both.
40:20	Wine and music rejoice the heart. The love of wisdom is better than both.
40:21	The pipe and the lute make pleasant melody. A pleasant tongue is better than both.
40:22	Your eye desires grace and beauty, but the green shoots of grain more than both.
40:23	A friend and a companion is always welcome, and a wife with her husband is better than both.
40:24	Relatives and helpers are for a time of affliction, but almsgiving rescues better than both.
40:25	Gold and silver will make the foot stand sure, and counsel is esteemed better than both.
40:26	Riches and strength will lift up the heart. The fear of the Lord is better than both. There is nothing lacking in the fear of the Lord. In it, there is no need to seek help.
40:27	The fear of the Lord is like a garden of blessing and covers a man more than any glory.
40:28	My son, don’t lead a beggar’s life. It is better to die than to beg.
40:29	A man who looks to the table of another, his life is not to be considered a life. He will pollute his soul with another person’s food, but a wise and well-instructed person will beware of that.
40:30	Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the shameless, but it kindles a fire in his belly.
41:1	O death, how bitter is the memory of you to a man who is at peace in his possessions, to the man who has nothing to distract him and has prosperity in all things, and who still has strength to enjoy food!
41:2	O death, your sentence is acceptable to a man who is needy and who fails in strength, who is in extreme old age, is distracted about all things, is perverse, and has lost patience!
41:3	Don’t be afraid of the sentence of death. Remember those who have been before you and who come after. This is the sentence from the Lord over all flesh.
41:4	And why do you refuse when it is the good pleasure of the Most High? Whether life lasts ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years, there is no inquiry about life in Hades.
41:5	The children of sinners are abominable children and they frequent the dwellings of the ungodly.
41:6	The inheritance of sinners’ children will perish and with their posterity will be a perpetual disgrace.
41:7	Children will complain of an ungodly father, because they suffer disgrace because of him.
41:8	Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the Most High God!
41:9	If you are born, you will be born to a curse. If you die, a curse will be your portion.
41:10	All things that are of the earth will go back to the earth; so the ungodly will go from a curse to perdition.
41:11	The mourning of men is about their bodies; but the evil name of sinners will be blotted out.
41:12	Have regard for your name, for it continues with you longer than a thousand great treasures of gold.
41:13	A good life has its number of days, but a good name continues forever.
41:14	My children, follow instruction in peace. But wisdom that is hidden and a treasure that is not seen, what benefit is in them both?
41:15	Better is a man who hides his foolishness than a man who hides his wisdom.
41:16	Therefore show respect for my words; for it is not good to retain every kind of shame. Not everything is approved by all in good faith.
41:17	Be ashamed of sexual immorality before father and mother, of a lie before a prince and a mighty man,
41:18	of an offense before a judge and ruler, of iniquity before the congregation and the people, of unjust dealing before a partner and friend,
41:19	and of theft in the place where you sojourn. Be ashamed in regard of the truth of God and his covenant, of leaning on your elbow at dinner, of contemptuous behavior in the matter of giving and taking,
41:20	of silence before those who greet you, of looking at a woman who is a prostitute,
41:21	of turning away your face from a kinsman, of taking away a portion or a gift, of gazing at a woman who has a husband,
41:22	of meddling with his maid—and don’t come near her bed, of abusive speech to friends—and after you have given, don’t insult,
41:23	of repeating and speaking what you have heard, and of revealing of secrets.
41:24	So you will be ashamed of the right things and find favor in the sight of every man.
42:1	Don’t be ashamed of these things, and don’t sin to save face:
42:2	of the law of the Most High and his covenant, of judgment to do justice to the ungodly,
42:3	of reckoning with a partner and with travellers, of a gift from the inheritance of friends,
42:4	of exactness of scales and weights, of getting much or little,
42:5	of bargaining dealing with merchants, of frequent correction of children, and of making the back of an evil slave to bleed.
42:6	A seal is good where an evil wife is. Where there are many hands, lock things up.
42:7	Whatever you hand over, let it be by number and weight. In giving and receiving, let all be in writing.
42:8	Don’t be ashamed to instruct the unwise and foolish, and one of extreme old age who contends with those who are young. So you will be well instructed indeed and approved in the sight of every living man.
42:9	A daughter is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father. Care for her takes away sleep— in her youth, lest she pass the flower of her age; when she is married, lest she should be hated;
42:10	in her virginity, lest she should be defiled and be with child in her father’s house; when she has a husband, lest she should transgress; and when she is married, lest she should be barren.
42:11	Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies, a byword in the city and notorious among the people, and shame you in public.
42:12	Don’t gaze at every beautiful body. Don’t sit in the midst of women.
42:13	For from garments comes a moth, and from a woman comes a woman’s wickedness.
42:14	Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace.
42:15	I will make mention now of the works of the Lord, and will declare the things that I have seen. The Lord’s works are in his words.
42:16	The sun that gives light looks at all things. The Lord’s work is full of his glory.
42:17	The Lord has not given power to the saints to declare all his marvelous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that the universe might be established in his glory.
42:18	He searches out the deep and the heart. He has understanding of their secrets. For the Most High knows all knowledge. He sees the signs of the world.
42:19	He declares the things that are past and the things that shall be, and reveals the traces of hidden things.
42:20	No thought escapes him. There is not a word hidden from him.
42:21	He has ordered the mighty works of his wisdom. He is from everlasting to everlasting. Nothing has been added to them, nor diminished from them. He had no need of any counselor.
42:22	How desirable are all his works! One may see this even in a spark.
42:23	All these things live and remain forever in all manner of uses. They are all obedient.
42:24	All things are in pairs, one opposite the other. He has made nothing imperfect.
42:25	One thing establishes the good things of another. Who could ever see enough of his glory?
43:1	The pride of the heavenly heights is the clear sky, the appearance of heaven, in the spectacle of its glory.
43:2	The sun, when it appears, bringing tidings as it rises, is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High.
43:3	At noon, it dries up the land. Who can stand against its burning heat?
43:4	A man tending a furnace is in burning heat, but the sun three times more, burning up the mountains, breathing out fiery vapors, and sending out bright beams, it blinds the eyes.
43:5	Great is the Lord who made it. At his word, he hastens on its course.
43:6	The moon marks the changing seasons, declares times, and is a sign for the world.
43:7	From the moon is the sign of feast days, a light that wanes when it completes its course.
43:8	The month is called after its name, increasing wonderfully in its changing— an instrument of the army on high, shining in the structure of heaven,
43:9	the beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.
43:10	At the word of the Holy One, they will stand in due order. They won’t faint in their watches.
43:11	Look at the rainbow, and praise him who made it. It is exceedingly beautiful in its brightness.
43:12	It encircles the sky with its glorious circle. The hands of the Most High have stretched it out.
43:13	By his commandment, he makes the snow fall and swiftly sends the lightnings of his judgment.
43:14	Therefore the storehouses are opened, and clouds fly out like birds.
43:15	By his mighty power, he makes the clouds strong and the hailstones are broken in pieces.
43:16	At his appearing, the mountains will be shaken. At his will, the south wind will blow.
43:17	The voice of his thunder rebukes the earth. So does the northern storm and the whirlwind. Like birds flying down, he sprinkles the snow. It falls down like the lighting of locusts.
43:18	The eye is dazzled at the beauty of its whiteness. The heart is amazed as it falls.
43:19	He also pours out frost on the earth like salt. When it is freezes, it has points like thorns.
43:20	The cold north wind blows and ice freezes on the water. It settles on every pool of water. The water puts it on like it was a breastplate.
43:21	It will devour the mountains, burn up the wilderness, and consume the green grass like fire.
43:22	A mist coming speedily heals all things. A dew coming after heat brings cheerfulness.
43:23	By his counsel, he has calmed the deep and planted islands in it.
43:24	Those who sail on the sea tell of its dangers. We marvel when we hear it with our ears.
43:25	There are also those strange and wondrous works in it— variety of all that has life and the huge creatures of the sea.
43:26	Because of him, his messengers succeed. By his word, all things hold together.
43:27	We may say many things, but couldn’t say enough. The summary of our words is, “He is everything!”
43:28	How could we have strength to glorify him? For he is himself the greater than all his works.
43:29	The Lord is awesome and exceedingly great! His power is marvelous!
43:30	Glorify the Lord and exalt him as much as you can! For even yet, he will surpass that. When you exalt him, summon your full strength. Don’t be weary, because you can’t praise him enough.
43:31	Who has seen him, that he may describe him? Who can magnify him as he is?
43:32	Many things greater than these are hidden, for we have seen just a few of his works.
43:33	For the Lord made all things. He gave wisdom to the godly.
44:1	Let us now praise famous men, our ancestors in their generations.
44:2	The Lord created great glory in them— his mighty power from the beginning.
44:3	Some ruled in their kingdoms and were men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding. Some have spoken in prophecies,
44:4	leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their understanding, giving instruction for the people. Their words in their instruction were wise.
44:5	Some composed musical tunes, and set forth verses in writing,
44:6	rich men endowed with ability, living peaceably in their homes.
44:7	All these were honored in their generations, and were outstanding in their days.
44:8	Some of them have left a name behind them, so that others declare their praises.
44:9	But of others, there is no memory. They perished as though they had not been. They become as though they had not been born, they and their children after them.
44:10	But these were men of mercy, whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten.
44:11	A good inheritance remains with their offspring. Their children are within the covenant.
44:12	Their offspring stand fast, with their children, for their sakes.
44:13	Their offspring will remain forever. Their glory won’t be blotted out.
44:14	Their bodies were buried in peace. Their name lives to all generations.
44:15	People will declare their wisdom. The congregation proclaims their praise.
44:16	Enoch pleased the Lord, and was taken up, an example of repentance to all generations.
44:17	Noah was found perfect and righteous. In the season of wrath, he kept the race alive. Therefore a remnant was left on the earth when the flood came.
44:18	Everlasting covenants were made with him, that all flesh should no more be blotted out by a flood.
44:19	Abraham was a great father of a multitude of nations. There was none found like him in glory,
44:20	who kept the law of the Most High, and was taken into covenant with him. In his flesh he established the covenant. When he was tested, he was found faithful.
44:21	Therefore he assured him by an oath that the nations would be blessed through his offspring, that he would multiply him like the dust of the earth, exalt his offspring like the stars, and cause them to inherit from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the utmost parts of the earth.
44:22	In Isaac also, he established the same assurance for Abraham his father’s sake, the blessing of all men, and the covenant.
44:23	He made it rest upon the head of Jacob. He acknowledged him in his blessings, gave to him by inheritance, and divided his portions. He distributed them among twelve tribes.
45:1	He brought out of him a man of mercy, who found favor in the sight of all people, a man loved by God and men, even Moses, whose memory is blessed.
45:2	He made him equal to the glory of the saints, and magnified him in the fears of his enemies.
45:3	By his words he caused the wonders to cease. God glorified him in the sight of kings. He gave him commandments for his people and showed him part of his glory.
45:4	He sanctified him in his faithfulness and meekness. He chose him out of all people.
45:5	He made him to hear his voice, led him into the thick darkness, and gave him commandments face to face, even the law of life and knowledge, that he might teach Jacob the covenant, and Israel his judgments.
45:6	He exalted Aaron, a holy man like Moses, even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.
45:7	He established an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the people. He blessed him with stateliness, and dressed him in a glorious robe.
45:8	He clothed him in perfect splendor, and strengthened him with symbols of authority: the linen trousers, the long robe, and the ephod.
45:9	He encircled him with pomegranates; with many golden bells around him, to make a sound as he went, to make a sound that might be heard in the temple, for a reminder for the children of his people;
45:10	with a holy garment, with gold, blue, and purple, the work of the embroiderer; with an oracle of judgment—Urim and Thummim;
45:11	with twisted scarlet, the work of the craftsman; with precious stones engraved like a signet, in a setting of gold, the work of the jeweller, for a reminder engraved in writing, after the number of the tribes of Israel;
45:12	with a crown of gold upon the mitre, having engraved on it, as on a signet, “HOLINESS”, an ornament of honor, the work of an expert, the desires of the eyes, goodly and beautiful.
45:13	Before him there never have been anything like it. No stranger put them on, but only his sons and his offspring perpetually.
45:14	His sacrifices shall be wholly burned, twice every day continually.
45:15	Moses consecrated him, and anointed him with holy oil. It was an everlasting covenant with him and to his offspring, all the days of heaven, to minister to the Lord, to serve as a priest, and to bless his people in his name.
45:16	He chose him out of all living to offer sacrifice to the Lord— incense, and a sweet fragrance, for a memorial, to make atonement for your people.
45:17	He gave to him in his commandments, authority in the covenants of judgments, to teach Jacob the testimonies, and to enlighten Israel in his law.
45:18	Strangers conspired against him and envied him in the wilderness: Dathan and Abiram with their company, and the congregation of Korah, with wrath and anger.
45:19	The Lord saw it, and it displeased him. In the wrath of his anger, they were destroyed. He did wonders upon them, to consume them with flaming fire.
45:20	He added glory to Aaron, and gave him a heritage. He divided to him the first fruits of the increase, and prepared bread of first fruits in abundance.
45:21	For they eat the sacrifices of the Lord, which he gave to him and to his offspring.
45:22	However, in the land of the people, he has no inheritance, and he has no portion among the people, for the Lord himself is your portion and inheritance.
45:23	Phinehas the son of Eleazar is the third in glory, in that he was zealous in the fear of the Lord, and stood fast when the people turned away, and he made atonement for Israel.
45:24	Therefore, a covenant of peace was established for him, that he should be leader of the sanctuary and of his people, that he and his offspring should have the dignity of the priesthood forever.
45:25	Also he made a covenant with David the son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah. The inheritance of the king is his alone from son to son. So the inheritance of Aaron is also to his seed.
45:26	May God give you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness, that their good things may not be abolished, and that their glory may endure for all their generations.
46:1	Joshua the son of Nun was valiant in war, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies. He was made great according to his name for the saving of God’s elect, to take vengeance on the enemies that rose up against them, that he might give Israel their inheritance.
46:2	How he was glorified in the lifting up his hands, and in stretching out his sword against the cities!
46:3	Who before him stood so firm? For the Lord himself brought his enemies to him.
46:4	Didn’t the sun go back by his hand? Didn’t one day become as two?
46:5	He called upon the Most High, the Mighty One, when his foes pressed in all around him, and the great Lord heard him.
46:6	With hailstones of mighty power, he caused war to break violently upon the nation, and on the slope he destroyed those who resisted, so that the nations might know his armor, how he fought in the sight of the Lord; for he followed the Mighty One.
46:7	Also in the time of Moses, he did a work of mercy— he and Caleb the son of Jephunneh— in that they withstood the adversary, hindered the people from sin, and stilled their wicked complaining.
46:8	And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved to bring them into their inheritance, into a land flowing with milk and honey.
46:9	The Lord gave strength to Caleb, and it remained with him to his old age, so that he entered the hill country, and his offspring obtained it for an inheritance,
46:10	that all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
46:11	Also the judges, every one by his name, all whose hearts didn’t engage in immorality, and who didn’t turn away from the Lord— may their memory be blessed!
46:12	May their bones flourish again out of their place. May the name of those who have been honored be renewed in their children.
46:13	Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, loved by his Lord, established a kingdom and anointed princes over his people.
46:14	By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord watched over Jacob.
46:15	By his faithfulness he was proved to be a prophet. By his words he was known to be faithful in vision.
46:16	When his enemies pressed on him on every side, he called upon the Lord, the Mighty One, with the offering of the suckling lamb.
46:17	Then the Lord thundered from heaven. He made his voice heard with a mighty sound.
46:18	He utterly destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians and all the princes of the Philistines.
46:19	Before the time of his age-long sleep, he testified in the sight of the lord and his anointed, “I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a sandal;” and no one accused him.
46:20	Even after he fell asleep, he prophesied, and showed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.
47:1	After him, Nathan rose up to prophesy in the days of David.
47:2	As is the fat when it is separated from the peace offering, so was David separated from the children of Israel.
47:3	He played with lions as with kids, and with bears as with lambs of the flock.
47:4	In his youth didn’t he kill a giant, and take away reproach from the people when he lifted up his hand with a sling stone, and beat down the boasting Goliath?
47:5	For he called upon the Most High Lord, and he gave him strength in his right hand to kill a man mighty in war, to exalt the horn of his people.
47:6	So they glorified him for his tens of thousands, and praised him for the blessings of the Lord, in that a glorious diadem was given to him.
47:7	For he destroyed the enemies on every side, and defeated the Philistines his adversaries. He broke their horn in pieces to this day.
47:8	In every work of his he gave thanks to the Holy One Most High with words of glory. He sang praise with his whole heart, and loved him who made him.
47:9	He set singers before the altar, to make sweet melody by their music.
47:10	He gave beauty to the feasts, and set in order the seasons to completion while they praised his holy name, and the sanctuary resounded from early morning.
47:11	The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn forever. He gave him a covenant of kings, and a glorious throne in Israel.
47:12	After him a wise son rose up, who because of him lived in security.
47:13	Solomon reigned in days of peace. God gave him rest all around, that he might set up a house for his name, and prepare a sanctuary forever.
47:14	How wise you were made in your youth, and filled as a river with understanding!
47:15	Your influence covered the earth, and you filled it with parables and riddles.
47:16	Your name reached to the far away islands, and you were loved for your peace.
47:17	For your songs, proverbs, parables, and interpretations, the countries marveled at you.
47:18	By the name of the Lord God, who is called the God of Israel, you gathered gold like tin, and multiplied silver like lead.
47:19	You bowed your loins to women, and in your body you were brought into subjection.
47:20	You blemished your honor, and defiled your offspring, to bring wrath upon your children. I was grieved for your folly,
47:21	because the sovereignty was divided, and a disobedient kingdom ruled out of Ephraim.
47:22	But the Lord will never forsake his mercy. He won’t destroy any of his works, nor blot out the posterity of his elect. He won’t take away the offspring of him who loved him. He gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David a root from his own family.
47:23	So Solomon rested with his fathers. Of his offspring, he left behind him Rehoboam, the foolishness of the people, and one who lacked understanding, who made the people revolt by his counsel. Also Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, and gave a way of sin to Ephraim.
47:24	Their sins were multiplied exceedingly, until they were removed from their land.
47:25	For they sought out all manner of wickedness, until vengeance came upon them.
48:1	Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire. His word burned like a torch.
48:2	He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal made them few in number.
48:3	By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens. He brought down fire three times.
48:4	How you were glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! Whose glory is like yours?
48:5	You raised up a dead man from death, from Hades, by the word of the Most High.
48:6	You brought down kings to destruction, and honorable men from their sickbeds.
48:7	You heard rebuke in Sinai, and judgments of vengeance in Horeb.
48:8	You anointed kings for retribution, and prophets to succeed after you.
48:9	You were taken up in a tempest of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
48:10	You were recorded for reproofs in their seasons, to pacify anger, before it broke out into wrath, to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
48:11	Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been beautified with love; for we also shall surely live.
48:12	Elijah was wrapped in a whirlwind. Elisha was filled with his spirit. In his days he was not moved by the fear of any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection.
48:13	Nothing was too hard for him. When he was buried, his body prophesied.
48:14	As in his life he did wonders, so his works were also marvelous in death.
48:15	For all this the people didn’t repent. They didn’t depart from their sins, until they were carried away as a plunder from their land, and were scattered through all the earth. The people were left very few in number, but with a ruler from the house of David.
48:16	Some of them did that which was right, but some multiplied sins.
48:17	Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into its midst. He tunneled through rock with iron, and built cisterns for water.
48:18	In his days Sennacherib invaded, and sent Rabshakeh, and departed. He lifted up his hand against Zion, and boasted great things in his arrogance.
48:19	Then their hearts and their hands were shaken, and they were in pain, as women in labor.
48:20	But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading out their hands to him. The Holy One quickly heard them out of Heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.
48:21	He struck the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel utterly destroyed them.
48:22	For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord, and was strong in the ways of his ancestor David, which Isaiah the prophet commanded, who was great and faithful in his vision.
48:23	In his days the sun went backward. He prolonged the life of the king.
48:24	He saw by an excellent spirit what would come to pass in the future; and he comforted those who mourned in Zion.
48:25	He showed the things that would happen through the end of time, and the hidden things before they came.
49:1	The memory of Josiah is like the composition of incense prepared by the work of the perfumer. It will be sweet as honey in every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine.
49:2	He did what was right in the reforming of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
49:3	He set his heart right toward the Lord. In lawless days, he made godliness prevail.
49:4	Except David, Hezekiah, and Josiah, all were wicked, because they abandoned the law of the Most High. The kings of Judah came to an end.
49:5	They gave their power to others, and their glory to a foreign nation.
49:6	They set the chosen city of the sanctuary on fire and made her streets desolate, as it was written by the hand of Jeremiah.
49:7	For they mistreated him; yet he was sanctified in the womb to be a prophet, to root out, to afflict, to destroy and likewise to build and to plant.
49:8	Ezekiel saw the vision of glory, which God showed him on the chariot of the cherubim.
49:9	For truly he remembered the enemies in rainstorm, and to do good to those who directed their ways aright.
49:10	Also of the twelve prophets, may their bones flourish again out of their place. He comforted the people of Jacob, and delivered them by confident hope.
49:11	How shall we magnify Zerubbabel? He was like a signet ring on the right hand.
49:12	So was Jesus the son of Josedek, who in their days built the house, and exalted a people holy to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory.
49:13	Also of Nehemiah the memory is great. He raised up for us fallen walls, set up the gates and bars, and rebuilt our houses.
49:14	No man was created upon the earth like Enoch, for he was taken up from the earth.
49:15	Nor was there a man born like Joseph, a leader of his kindred, a supporter of the people. Even his bones were cared for.
49:16	Shem and Seth were honored among men, but above every living thing in the creation was Adam.
50:1	It was Simon, the son of Onias, the high priest, who in his life repaired the house, and in his days strengthened the temple.
50:2	The foundation was built by him to the height of the double walls, the lofty retaining walls of the temple enclosure.
50:3	In his days, a water cistern was dug, the brazen vessel like the sea in circumference.
50:4	He planned to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city against siege.
50:5	How glorious he was when the people gathered around him as he came out of the house of the veil!
50:6	He was like the morning star among clouds, like the full moon,
50:7	like the sun shining on the temple of the Most High, like the rainbow shining in clouds of glory,
50:8	like roses in the days of first fruits, like lilies by a water spring, like the shoot of the frankincense tree in summer time,
50:9	like fire and incense in the censer, like a vessel of beaten gold adorned with all kinds of precious stones,
50:10	like an olive tree loaded with fruit, and like a cypress growing high among the clouds.
50:11	When he put on his glorious robe, and clothed himself in perfect splendor, ascending to the holy altar, he made the court of the sanctuary glorious.
50:12	When he received the portions out of the priests’ hands, as he stood by the hearth of the altar, with his kindred like a garland around him, he was like a young cedar in Lebanon surrounded by the trunks of palm trees.
50:13	All the sons of Aaron in their glory, held the Lord’s offering in their hands before all the congregation of Israel.
50:14	Finishing the service at the altars, that he might arrange the offering of the Most High, the Almighty,
50:15	he stretched out his hand to the cup of libation, and poured out the cup of the grape. He poured it out at the foot of the altar, a sweet smelling fragrance to the Most High, the King of all.
50:16	Then the sons of Aaron shouted. They sounded the trumpets of beaten work. They made a great fanfare to be heard, for a reminder before the Most High.
50:17	Then all the people together hurried, and fell down to the ground on their faces to worship their Lord, the Almighty, God Most High.
50:18	The singers also praised him with their voices. There was a sweet melody in the whole house.
50:19	And the people implored the Lord Most High, in prayer before him who is merciful, until the worship of the Lord was finished, and so they accomplished his service.
50:20	Then he went down, and lifted up his hands over the whole congregation of the children of Israel, to give blessing to the Lord with his lips, and to glory in his name.
50:21	He bowed himself down in worship the second time, to declare the blessing from the Most High.
50:22	Now bless the God of all, who everywhere does great things, who exalts our days from the womb, and deals with us according to his mercy.
50:23	May he grant us joyfulness of heart, and that peace may be in our days in Israel for the days of eternity,
50:24	to entrust his mercy with us, and let him deliver us in his time!
50:25	With two nations my soul is vexed, and the third is no nation:
50:26	Those who sit on the mountain of Samaria, the Philistines, and the foolish people who live in Shechem.
50:27	I have written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge, I Jesus, the son of Sirach Eleazar, of Jerusalem, who out of his heart poured forth wisdom.
50:28	Blessed is he who will exercise these things. He who lays them up in his heart will become wise.
50:29	For if he does them, he will be strong in all things, for the light of the Lord is his guide.
51:1	I will give thanks to you, O Lord, O King, and will praise you, O God my Savior. I give thanks to your name,
51:2	for you have been my protector and helper, and delivered my body out of destruction, and out of the snare of a slanderous tongue, from lips that fabricate lies. You were my helper before those who stood by,
51:3	and delivered me, according to the abundance of your mercy and of your name, from the gnashings of teeth ready to devour, out of the hand of those seeking my life, out of the many afflictions I endured,
51:4	from the choking of a fire on every side, and out of the midst of fire that I hadn’t kindled,
51:5	out of the depth of the belly of Hades, from an unclean tongue, and from lying words—
51:6	the slander of an unrighteous tongue to the king. My soul drew near to death. My life was near to Hades.
51:7	They surrounded me on every side. There was no one to help me. I was looking for human help, and there was none.
51:8	Then I remembered your mercy, O Lord, and your working which has been from everlasting, how you deliver those who wait for you, and save them out of the hand of their enemies.
51:9	I lifted up my prayer from the earth, and prayed for deliverance from death.
51:10	I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, that he would not forsake me in the days of affliction, in the time when there was no help against the proud.
51:11	I will praise your name continually. I will sing praise with thanksgiving. My prayer was heard.
51:12	You saved me from destruction and delivered me from the evil time. Therefore I will give thanks and praise to you, and bless the name of the Lord.
51:13	When I was yet young, before I went abroad, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.
51:14	Before the temple I asked for her. I will seek her out even to the end.
51:15	From the first flower to the ripening grape my heart delighted in her. My foot walked in uprightness. From my youth I followed her steps.
51:16	I inclined my ear a little, and received her, and found for myself much instruction.
51:17	I profited in her. I will give glory to him who gives me wisdom.
51:18	For I determined to practice her. I was zealous for that which is good. I will never be put to shame.
51:19	My soul has wrestled with her. In my conduct I was exact. I spread out my hands to the sky above, and bewailed my ignorances of her.
51:20	I directed my soul to her. In purity I found her. I got myself a heart joined with her from the beginning. Therefore I won’t be forsaken.
51:21	My belly also was troubled to seek her. Therefore I have gained a good possession.
51:22	The Lord gave me a tongue for my reward. I will praise him with it.
51:23	Draw near to me, all you who are uneducated, and live in the house of instruction.
51:24	Why therefore are you all lacking in these things, and your souls are very thirsty?
51:25	I opened my mouth and spoke, “Get her for yourselves without money.”
51:26	Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction. She is near to find.
51:27	See with your eyes how I labored just a little and found for myself much rest.
51:28	Get instruction with a great sum of silver, and gain much gold by her.
51:29	May your soul rejoice in his mercy, and may you all not be put to shame in praising him.
51:30	Work your work before the time comes, and in his time he will give you your reward.

== Brenton's Septuagint (1851) (BRENTON)
Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton, The Septuagint with Apocrypha (1851), public domain. Text from eBible.org

1:1	[The Prologue to the Wisdom of] Jesus [the son of] Sirach Whereas many and great things have been delivered unto us by the law and the prophets, and by others that have followed their steps, for the which things Israel ought to be commended for learning and wisdom: and whereof not only the readers must needs become skilful themselves,
1:2	Who can number the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of eternity?
1:3	Who can find out the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the deep, and wisdom?
1:4	Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
1:6	To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed? or who hath known her wise counsels?
1:8	There is one wise and greatly to be feared, the Lord sitting upon his throne.
1:9	He created her, and saw her, and numbered her, and poured her out upon all his works.
1:10	She [is] with all flesh according to his gift, and he hath given her to them that love him.
1:11	The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a crown of rejoicing.
1:12	The fear of the Lord maketh a merry heart, and giveth joy, and gladness, and long life.
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.
1:14	To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and it was created with the faithful in the womb.
1:15	She hath built an everlasting foundation with men, and she shall continue with their seed.
1:16	To fear the Lord is fulness of wisdom, and filleth men with her fruits.
1:17	She filleth all their house with things desirable, and the garners with her increase.
1:18	The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, making peace and perfect health to flourish.
1:19	Wisdom raineth down skill and knowledge of understanding, and exalteth them to honour that hold her fast.
1:20	The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and the branches thereof are long life.
1:22	A furious man cannot be justified; for the sway of his fury shall be his destruction.
1:23	A patient man will bear for a time, and afterward joy shall spring up unto him.
1:24	He will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall declare his wisdom.
1:25	The parables of knowledge are in the treasures of wisdom: but godliness is an abomination to a sinner.
1:26	If thou desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord shall give her unto thee.
1:27	For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction: and faith and meekness are his delight.
1:28	Distrust not the fear of the Lord when thou art poor; and come not unto him with a double heart.
1:29	Be not a hypocrite in the sight of men, and take good heed what thou speakest.
1:30	Exalt not thyself, lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy soul, and so the Lord 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.
2:1	My son, if thou come to serve the Lord God, prepare thy soul for temptation.
2:2	Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
2:3	Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.
2:4	Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate.
2:5	For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
2:6	Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him.
2:7	Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and go not aside, lest ye fall.
2:8	Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; and your reward shall not fail.
2:9	Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and mercy.
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?
2:11	For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction.
2:12	Woe be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two ways!
2:13	Woe unto him that is fainthearted! for he believeth not; therefore shall he not be defended.
2:14	Woe unto you that have lost patience! and what will ye do when the Lord shall visit you?
2:15	They that fear the Lord will not disobey his word; and they that love him will keep his ways.
2:16	They that fear the Lord will seek that which is wellpleasing unto him; and they that love him shall be filled with the law.
2:17	They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight,
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.
4:1	My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.
4:2	Make not a hungry soul sorrowful; neither provoke a man in his distress.
4:3	Add not more trouble to a heart that is vexed; and defer not to give to him that is in need.
4:4	Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.
4:5	Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee:
4:6	for if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.
4:7	Get thyself the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to a great man.
4:8	Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, and give him a friendly answer with meekness.
4:9	Deliver him that suffereth wrong from the hand of the oppressor; and be not fainthearted when thou sittest in judgment.
4:10	Be as a father unto the fatherless, and instead of a 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.
4:11	Wisdom exalteth her children, and layeth hold of them that seek her.
4:12	He that loveth her loveth life; and they that seek to her early shall be filled with joy.
4:13	He that holdeth her fast shall inherit glory; and wheresoever she entereth, the Lord will bless.
4:14	They that serve her shall minister to the Holy One: and them that love her the Lord doth love.
4:15	Whoso giveth ear unto her shall judge the nations: and he that attendeth unto her shall dwell securely.
4:16	If a man commit himself unto her, he shall inherit her; and his generation shall hold her in possession.
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.
4:18	Then will she return the straight way unto him, and comfort him, and shew him her secrets.
4:19	But if he go wrong, she will forsake him, and give him over to his own ruin.
4:20	Observe the opportunity, and beware of evil; and be not ashamed when it concerneth thy soul.
4:21	For there is a shame that bringeth sin; and there is a shame which is glory and grace.
4:22	Accept no person against thy soul, and let not the reverence of any man cause thee to fall.
4:23	And refrain not to speak, when there is occasion to do good, and hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.
4:24	For by speech wisdom shall be known: and learning by the word of the tongue.
4:25	In no wise speak against the truth; but be abashed of the error of thine ignorance.
4:26	Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.
4:27	Make not thyself an underling to a foolish man; neither accept the person of the mighty.
4:28	Strive for the truth unto death, and the Lord shall fight for thee.
4:29	Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss.
4:30	Be not as a lion in thy house, nor frantic among thy servants.
4:31	Let not thine hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldest repay.
5:1	Set not thy heart upon thy goods; and say not, I have enough for my life.
5:2	Follow not thine own mind and thy strength, to walk in the ways of thy heart:
5:3	and say not, Who shall control me for my works? for the Lord will surely revenge thy pride.
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.
5:5	Concerning propitiation, be not without fear to add sin unto sin:
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.
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.
5:8	Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten; for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity.
5:9	Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue.
5:10	Be stedfast in thy understanding; and let thy word be the same.
5:11	Be swift to hear; and let thy life be sincere; and with patience give answer.
5:12	If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
5:13	Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall.
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.
5:15	Be not ignorant of any thing in a great matter or a small.
7:1	Do no evil, so shall no harm come unto thee.
7:2	Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee.
7:3	My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.
7:4	Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.
7:5	Justify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king.
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, and lay a stumblingblock in the way of thy uprightness.
7:7	Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thyself down among the people.
7:8	Bind not one sin upon another; for in one thou shalt not be unpunished.
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.
7:10	Be not fainthearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to give alms.
7:11	Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.
7:12	Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the like to thy friend.
7:13	Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
7:14	Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.
7:15	Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.
7:16	Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.
7:17	Humble thy soul greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.
7:18	Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Suphir.
7:19	Forego not a wise and good woman: for her grace is above gold.
7:20	Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil, nor the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee.
7:21	Let thy soul love a good servant, and defraud him not of liberty.
7:22	Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.
7:23	Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth.
7:24	Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thyself cheerful toward them.
7:25	Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.
7:26	Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not.
7:27	Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.
7:28	Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?
7:29	Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests.
7:30	Love him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not his ministers.
7:31	Fear the Lord, and honour 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.
7:32	And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.
7:33	A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.
7:34	Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn.
7:35	Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.
7:36	Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.
8:1	Strive not with a mighty man, lest thou fall into his hands.
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.
8:3	Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
8:4	Jest not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be disgraced.
8:5	Reproach not a man that turneth from sin, but remember that we are all worthy of punishment.
8:6	Dishonour not a man in his old age: for even some of us wax old.
8:7	Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy being dead, but remember that we die all.
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.
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.
8:10	Kindle not the coals of a sinner, lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire.
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.
8:12	Lend not unto him that is mightier than thyself; for if thou lendest him, count it but lost.
8:13	Be not surety above thy power: for if thou be surety, take care to pay it.
8:14	Go not to law with a judge; for they will judge for him according to his honour.
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.
8:16	Strive not with an angry man, and go not with him into a solitary place: for blood is as nothing in his sight; and where there is no help, he will overthrow thee.
8:17	Consult not with a fool; for he cannot keep counsel.
8:18	Do no secret thing before a stranger: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.
8:19	Open not thine heart to every man, lest he requite thee with a shrewd turn.
9:1	Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
9:2	Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance.
9:3	Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.
9:4	Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts.
9:5	Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.
9:6	Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance.
9:7	Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary places thereof.
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.
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.
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.
9:11	Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.
9:12	Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.
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.
9:14	As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult with the wise.
9:15	Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High.
9:16	And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
9:17	For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended; and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
9:18	A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.
10:1	A wise judge will instruct his people; and the government of a prudent man is well ordered.
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.
10:3	An unwise king destroyeth his people; but through the prudence of them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited.
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.
10:5	In the hand of God is the prosperity of man: and upon the person of the scribe shall he lay his honour.
10:6	Bear not hatred to thy neighbour for every wrong; and do nothing at all by injurious practices.
10:7	Pride is hateful before God and man: and by both doth one commit iniquity.
10:8	Because of unrighteous dealings, injuries, and riches got by deceit, the kingdom is translated from one people to another.
10:9	Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.
10:10	The physician cutteth off a long disease: and he that is to day a king to morrow shall die.
10:11	For when a man is dead, he shall inherit creeping things, beasts, and worms.
10:12	The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God, and his heart is turned away from his Maker.
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.
10:14	The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes, and set up the meek in their stead.
10:15	The Lord hath plucked up the roots of the proud nations, and planted the lowly in their place.
10:16	The Lord overthrew countries of the heathen, and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
10:17	He took some of them away, and destroyed them, and hath made their memorial to cease from the earth.
10:18	Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman.
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.
10:20	Among brethren he that is chief is honourable; so are they that fear the Lord in his eyes.
10:22	Whether he be rich, noble or poor, their glory is the fear of the Lord.
10:23	It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding; neither is it convenient to magnify a sinful man.
10:24	Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured; yet is there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.
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.
10:26	Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in the time of thy distress.
10:27	Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.
10:28	My son, glorify thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to the dignity thereof.
10:29	Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own life?
10:30	The poor man is honoured for his skill, and the rich man is honoured for his riches.
10:31	He that is honoured in poverty, how much more in riches? and he that is dishonourable in riches, how much more in poverty?
11:1	Wisdom lifteth up the head of him that is of low degree, and maketh him to sit among great men.
11:2	Commend not a man for his beauty; neither abhor a man for his outward appearance.
11:3	The bee is little among such as fly; but her fruit is the chief of sweet things.
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.
11:5	Many kings have sat down upon the ground; and one that was never thought of hath worn the crown.
11:6	Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced; and the honourable delivered into other men's hands.
11:7	Blame not before thou hast examined the truth: understand first, and then rebuke.
11:8	Answer not before thou hast heard the cause: neither interrupt men in the midst of their talk.
11:9	Strive not in a matter that concerneth thee not; and sit not in judgment with sinners.
11:10	My son, meddle not with many matters: for if thou meddle much, thou shalt not be innocent; and if thou follow after, thou shalt not obtain, neither shalt thou escape by fleeing.
11:11	There is one that laboureth, and taketh pains, and maketh haste, and is so much the more behind.
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,
11:13	and lifted up his head from misery; so that many that saw it marvelled at him.
11:14	Prosperity and adversity, life and death, poverty and riches, come of the Lord.
11:17	The gift of the Lord remaineth with the godly, and his favour bringeth prosperity for ever.
11:18	There is that waxeth rich by his wariness and pinching, and this is the portion of his reward:
11:19	whereas he saith, I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods; and [yet] he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.
11:20	Be stedfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and wax old in thy work.
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.
11:22	The blessing of the Lord is in the reward of the godly, and suddenly he maketh his blessing to flourish.
11:23	Say not, What profit is there of my service? and what good things shall I have hereafter?
11:24	Again, say not, I have enough, and possess many things, and what evil can come to me hereafter?
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.
11:26	For it is an easy thing unto the Lord in the day of death to reward a man according to his ways.
11:27	The affliction of an hour maketh a man forget pleasure: and in his end his deeds shall be discovered.
11:28	Judge none blessed before his death: for a man shall be known in his children.
11:29	Bring not every man into thine house: for the deceitful man hath many trains.
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:
11:31	for he lieth in wait, and turneth good into evil, and in things worthy praise will lay blame upon thee.
11:32	Of a spark of fire a heap of coals is kindled: and a sinful man layeth wait for blood.
11:33	Take heed of a mischievous man, for he worketh wickedness: lest he bring upon thee a perpetual blot.
11:34	Receive a stranger into thine house, and he will disturb thee, and turn thee out of thine own.
12:1	When thou wilt do good, know to whom thou doest it; so shalt thou be thanked for thy benefits.
12:2	Do good to the godly man, and thou shalt find a recompence; and if not from him, yet from the most High.
12:3	There can no good come to him that is always occupied in evil, nor to him that giveth no alms.
12:4	Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner.
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.
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.
12:7	Give unto the good, and help not the sinner.
12:8	A friend cannot be known in prosperity: and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.
12:9	In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will depart.
12:10	Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness.
12:11	Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a looking-glass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away.
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.
12:13	Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, or any such as come nigh wild beasts?
12:14	So one that goeth to a sinner, and is defiled with him in his sins, who will pity?
12:15	For a while he will abide with thee, but if thou begin to fall, he will not tarry.
12:16	An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he imagineth how to throw thee into a pit: he will weep with his eyes, but if he find opportunity, he will not be satisfied with blood.
12:17	If adversity come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first; and though he pretend to help thee, yet shall he undermine thee.
12:18	He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.
13:1	He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him.
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.
13:3	The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threateneth withal: the poor is wronged, and he must intreat also.
13:4	If thou be for his profit, he will use thee; but if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.
13:5	If thou have any thing, he will live with thee: yea, he will make thee bare, and will not be sorry for it.
13:6	If he have need of thee, he will deceive thee, and smile upon thee, and put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and say, What wantest thou?
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.
13:8	Beware that thou be not deceived, and brought down in thy jollity.
13:9	If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself, and so much the more will he invite thee.
13:10	Press thou not upon him, lest thou be put back; stand not far off, lest thou be forgotten.
13:11	Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk, and believe not his many words: for with much communication will he tempt thee, and smiling upon thee will get out thy secrets:
13:12	but cruelly he will lay up thy words, and will not spare to do thee hurt, and to put thee in prison.
13:13	Observe, and take good heed, for thou walkest in peril of thy overthrowing: when thou hearest these things, awake in thy sleep.
13:15	Every beast loveth his like, and every man loveth his neighbour.
13:16	All flesh consorteth according to kind, and a man will cleave to his like.
13:17	What fellowship hath the wolf with the lamb? so the sinner with the godly.
13:18	What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor?
13:19	As the wild ass is the lion's prey in the wilderness: so the rich eat up the poor.
13:20	As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich abhor the poor.
13:21	A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust also away by his friends.
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.
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.
13:24	Riches are good unto him that hath no sin, and poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly.
13:25	The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil.
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.
14:1	Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins.
14:2	Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope [in the Lord].
14:3	Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money?
14:4	He that gathereth by defrauding his own soul gathereth for others that shall spend his goods riotously.
14:5	He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
14:6	There is none worse than he that envieth himself; and this is a recompence of his wickedness.
14:7	And if he doeth good, he doeth it unwillingly; and at the last he will declare his wickedness.
14:8	The envious man hath a wicked eye; he turneth away his face, and despiseth men.
14:9	A covetous man's eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul.
14:10	A wicked eye envieth [his] bread, and he is a niggard at his table.
14:11	My son, according to thy ability do good to thyself, and give the Lord his due offering.
14:12	Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee.
14:13	Do good unto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give to him.
14:14	Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee.
14:15	Shalt thou not leave thy travails unto another? and thy labours to be divided by lot?
14:16	Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul; for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave.
14:17	All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is, Thou shalt die the death.
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.
14:19	Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.
14:20	Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom, and that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding.
14:21	He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets.
14:22	Go after her as one that traceth, and lie in wait in her ways.
14:23	He that prieth in at her windows shall also hearken at her doors.
14:24	He that doth lodge near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls.
14:25	He shall pitch his tent nigh unto her, and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are.
14:26	He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches.
14:27	By her he shall be covered from heat, and in her glory shall he dwell.
15:1	He that feareth the Lord will do good; and he that hath the knowledge of the law shall obtain her;
15:2	and as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.
15:3	With the bread of understanding shall she feed him, and give him the water of wisdom to drink.
15:4	He shall be stayed upon her, and shall not be moved; and shall rely upon her, and shall not be confounded.
15:5	She shall exalt him above his neighbours, and in the midst of the congregation shall she open his mouth.
15:6	He shall find joy and a crown of gladness, and she shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.
15:7	But foolish men shall not attain unto her, and sinners shall not see her.
15:8	For she is far from pride, and men that are liars cannot remember her.
15:9	Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord.
15:10	For praise shall be uttered in wisdom, and the Lord will prosper it.
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.
15:12	Say not thou, He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of the sinful man.
15:13	The Lord hateth all abomination; and they that fear God love it not.
15:14	He himself made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his counsel;
15:15	if thou wilt, to keep the commandments, and to perform acceptable faithfulness.
15:16	He hath set fire and water before thee: stretch forth thy hand unto whether thou wilt.
15:17	Before man is life and death; and whether he liketh shall be given him.
15:18	For the wisdom of the Lord is great, and he is mighty in power, and beholdeth all things:
15:19	and his eyes are upon them that fear him, and he knoweth every work of man.
15:20	He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, neither hath he given any man licence to sin.
16:1	Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.
16:2	Though they multiply, rejoice not in them, except the fear of the Lord be with them.
16:3	Trust not thou in their life, neither respect their multitude: for one that is just is better than a thousand; and better it is to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly.
16:4	For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished: but the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate.
16:5	Many such things have I seen with mine eyes, and mine ear hath heard greater things than these.
16:6	In the congregation of the ungodly shall a fire be kindled; and in a rebellious nation wrath is set on fire.
16:7	He was not pacified toward the old giants, who fell away in the strength of their foolishness.
16:8	Neither spared he the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for their pride.
16:9	He pitied not the people of perdition, who were taken away in their sins:
16:10	nor the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts.
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.
16:12	As his mercy is great, so is his correction also: he judgeth a man according to his works.
16:13	The sinner shall not escape with his spoils: and the patience of the godly shall not be frustrate.
16:14	Make way for every work of mercy: for every man shall find according to his works.
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?
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.
16:19	The mountains also and foundations of the earth shall be shaken with trembling, when he looketh upon them.
16:20	No heart can think upon these things worthily: and who is able to conceive his ways?
16:21	It is a tempest which no man can see: for the most part of his works are hid.
16:22	Who can declare the works of his justice? or who can endure them? for his covenant is afar off.
16:23	He that wanteth understanding will think upon vain things: and a foolish man erring imagineth follies.
16:24	My son, hearken unto me, and learn knowledge, and mark my words with thy heart.
16:25	I will shew forth doctrine in weight, and declare his knowledge exactly.
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.
16:27	He garnished his works for ever, and the chief of them unto all generations: they neither labour, nor are weary, nor cease from their works.
16:28	None of them hindereth another, and they shall never disobey his word.
16:29	After this the Lord looked upon the earth, and filled it with his blessings.
16:30	With all manner of living things hath he covered the face thereof; and they shall return into it again.
17:1	The Lord created man of the earth, and turned him into it again.
17:2	He gave them few days, and a short time, and power also over the things therein.
17:3	He endued them with strength by themselves, and made them according to his image,
17:4	and put the fear of man upon all flesh, and gave him dominion over beasts and fowls.
17:6	Counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, ears, and a heart, gave he them to understand.
17:7	Withal he filled them with the knowledge of understanding, and shewed them good and evil.
17:8	He set his eye upon their hearts, that he might shew them the greatness of his works;
17:10	and they shall praise his holy name, that they may search out his marvellous works.
17:11	Beside this he gave them knowledge, and the law of life for an heritage.
17:12	He made an everlasting covenant with them, and shewed them his judgments.
17:13	Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his glorious voice.
17:14	And he said unto them, Beware of all unrighteousness; and he gave every man commandment concerning his neighbour.
17:15	Their ways are ever before him, and shall not be hid from his eyes.
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:
17:19	Therefore all their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
17:20	None of their unrighteous deeds are hid from him, but all their sins are before the Lord.
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.
17:23	Afterwards he will rise up and reward them, and render their recompence upon their heads.
17:24	But unto them that repent, he granted them return, and comforted those that failed in patience.
17:25	Return unto the Lord, and forsake thy sins, make thy prayer before his face, and offend less.
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.
17:27	Who shall praise the most High in the grave, instead of them which live and give thanks?
17:28	Thanksgiving perisheth from the dead, as from one that is not: the living and sound in heart shall praise the Lord.
17:29	How great is the lovingkindness of the Lord our God, and his compassion unto such as turn unto him in holiness!
17:30	For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal.
17:31	What is brighter than the sun? yet the light thereof faileth: and flesh and blood will imagine evil.
17:32	He vieweth the power of the height of heaven; and all men are but earth and ashes.
18:1	He that liveth for ever created all things in general.
18:2	The Lord only is righteous.
18:4	To none hath he given power to declare his works; and who shall find out his noble acts?
18:5	Who shall number the strength of his majesty? and who shall also tell out his mercies?
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.
18:7	When a man hath done, then he beginneth; and when he leaveth off, then he shall be doubtful.
18:8	What is man, and whereto serveth he; what is his good, and what is his evil?
18:9	The number of a man's days at the most is an hundred years.
18:10	As a drop of water unto the sea, and a gravel-stone in comparison of the sand; so are a thousand years to the days of eternity.
18:11	Therefore is God patient with them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them.
18:12	He saw and perceived their end to be evil; therefore he multiplied his compassion.
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.
18:14	He hath mercy on them that receive discipline, and that diligently seek after his judgments.
18:15	My son, blemish not thy good deeds, neither use uncomfortable words when thou givest any thing.
18:16	Shall not the dew assuage the heat? so is a word better than a gift.
18:17	Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a gracious man.
18:18	A fool will upbraid churlishly, and a gift of the envious consumeth the eyes.
18:19	Learn before thou speak, and use physic or ever thou be sick.
18:20	Before judgment examine thyself, and in the day of visitation thou shalt find mercy.
18:21	Humble thyself before thou be sick, and in the time of sins shew repentance.
18:22	Let nothing hinder thee to pay thy vow in due time, and defer not until death to be justified.
18:23	Before thou prayest, prepare thyself; and be not as one that tempteth the Lord.
18:24	Think upon the wrath that shall be at the end, and the time of vengeance, when he shall turn away his face.
18:25	When thou hast enough, remember the time of hunger: and when thou art rich, think upon poverty and need.
18:26	From the morning until the evening the time is changed, and all things are soon done before the Lord.
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.
18:28	Every man of understanding knoweth wisdom, and will give praise unto him that found her.
18:29	They that had understanding in sayings became also wise themselves, and poured forth exquisite parables.
18:30	Go not after thy lusts, but refrain thyself from thine appetites.
18:31	If thou givest thy soul the desires that please her, she will make thee a laughingstock to thine enemies that malign thee.
18:32	Take not pleasure in much good cheer, neither be tied to the expence thereof.
18:33	Be not made a beggar by banqueting upon borrowing, when thou hast nothing in thy purse.
19:1	A labouring man that is given to drunkenness shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.
19:2	Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away: and he that cleaveth to harlots will become impudent.
19:3	Moths and worms shall have him to heritage, and a bold man shall be taken away.
19:4	He that is hasty to give credit is light-minded; and he that sinneth shall offend against his own soul.
19:5	Whoso taketh pleasure in wickedness shall be condemned:
19:6	but he that hateth babbling hath less of evil.
19:7	Rehearse not unto another that which is told unto thee, and thou shalt fare never the worse.
19:8	Whether it be to friend or foe, talk not of other men's lives; and if thou canst not without offence, reveal them not.
19:9	For he heard and observed thee, and when time cometh he will hate thee.
19:10	If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee; and be bold, it will not burst thee.
19:11	A fool travaileth with a word, as a woman in labour of a child.
19:12	As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh, so is a word within a fool's belly.
19:13	Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: and if he have done it, that he do it no more.
19:14	Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: and if he have, that he speak it not again.
19:15	Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.
19:16	There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart; and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue?
19:17	Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him; and give place to the law of the most High.
19:20	The fear of the Lord is all wisdom; and in all wisdom is the performance of the law.
19:22	The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, neither at any time the counsel of sinners prudence.
19:23	There is a wickedness, and the same an abomination; and there is a fool wanting in wisdom.
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.
19:25	There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust; and there is one that turneth aside to make judgment appear.
19:26	There is a wicked man that hangeth down his head sadly; but inwardly he is full of deceit,
19:27	casting down his countenance, and making as if he heard not: where he is not known, he will do thee a mischief before thou be aware.
19:28	And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil.
19:29	A man may be known by his look, and one that hath understanding by his countenance, when thou meetest him.
19:30	A man's attire, and excessive laughter, and gait, shew what he is.
21:1	My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more, but ask pardon for thy former sins.
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.
21:3	All iniquity is as a two edged sword, the wounds whereof cannot be healed.
21:4	To terrify and do wrong will waste riches: thus the house of proud men shall be made desolate.
21:5	A prayer out of a poor man's mouth reacheth to the ears of God, and his judgment cometh speedily.
21:6	He that hateth reproof is in the way of sinners: but he that feareth the Lord will repent from his heart.
21:7	An eloquent man is known far [and near]; but a man of understanding knoweth when he slippeth.
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.
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.
21:10	The way of sinners is made plain with stones, but at the end thereof is the pit of hell.
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.
21:12	He that is not wise will not be taught: but there is a wisdom which multiplieth bitterness.
21:13	The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood: and his counsel is like a pure fountain of life.
21:14	The inner parts of a fool are like a broken vessel, and he will hold no knowledge as long as he liveth.
21:15	If a skilful man hear a wise word, he will commend it, and add unto it: but when one of no understanding heareth it, it displeaseth him, and he casteth it behind his back.
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.
21:17	They enquire at the mouth of the wise man in the congregation, and they shall ponder his words in their heart.
21:18	As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.
21:19	Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
21:20	A fool lifteth up his voice with laughter; but a wise man doth scarce smile a little.
21:21	Learning is unto a wise man as an ornament of gold, and like a bracelet upon his right arm.
21:22	A foolish man's foot is soon in [his neighbour's] house: but a man of experience is ashamed of him.
21:23	A fool will peep in at the door into the house: but he that is well nurtured will stand without.
21:24	It is the rudeness of a man to hearken at the door: but a wise man will be grieved with the disgrace.
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.
21:26	The heart of fools is in their mouth: but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
21:27	When the ungodly curseth Satan, he curseth his own soul.
21:28	A whisperer defileth his own soul, and is hated wheresoever he dwelleth.
23:1	O Lord, Father and Governor of my life, leave me not to their counsels, and let me not fall by them.
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:
23:3	lest mine ignorances increase, and my sins abound to my destruction, and I fall before mine adversaries, and mine enemy rejoice over me, whose hope is far from thy mercy.
23:4	O Lord, Father and God of my life, give me not a proud look.
23:5	Turn away concupiscence from me.
23:6	Let not the greediness of the belly nor lust of the flesh take hold of me; and give me not over into an impudent mind.
23:7	Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it shall never be taken in his lips.
23:8	The sinner shall be left in his foolishness: both the evil speaker and the proud shall fall thereby.
23:9	Accustom not thy mouth to swearing; neither use thyself to the naming of the Holy One.
23:10	For as a servant that is continually beaten shall not be without a blue mark: so he that sweareth and nameth God continually shall not be faultless.
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.
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.
23:13	Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing, for therein is the word of sin.
23:14	Remember thy father and thy mother, when thou sittest among great men. Be not forgetful before them, and so thou by thy custom become a fool, and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy nativity.
23:15	The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words will never be reformed all the days of his life.
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.
23:17	All bread is sweet to a whoremonger, he will not leave off till he die.
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:
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.
23:20	He knew all things ere ever they were created; so also after they were perfected he looked upon them all.
23:21	This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and where he suspecteth not he shall be taken.
23:22	Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another.
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.
23:24	She shall be brought out into the congregation, and inquisition shall be made of her children.
23:25	Her children shall not take root, and her branches shall bring forth no fruit.
23:26	She shall leave her memory to be cursed, and her reproach shall not be blotted out.
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.
24:1	Wisdom shall praise herself, and shall glory in the midst of her people.
24:2	In the congregation of the most High shall she open her mouth, and triumph before his power.
24:3	I came out of the mouth of the most High, and covered the earth as a cloud.
24:4	I dwelt in high places, and my throne is in a cloudy pillar.
24:5	I alone compassed the circuit of heaven, and walked in the bottom of the deep.
24:6	In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I got a possession.
24:7	With all these I sought rest: and in whose inheritance shall I abide?
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.
24:9	He created me from the beginning before the world, and I shall never fail.
24:10	In the holy tabernacle I served before him; and so was I established in Sion.
24:11	Likewise in the beloved city he gave me rest, and in Jerusalem was my power.
24:12	And I took root in an honourable people, even in the portion of the Lord's inheritance.
24:13	I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree upon the mountains of Hermon.
24:14	I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore, and as a rose plant in Jericho, as a fair olive tree in a plain, and grew up as a plane tree.
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.
24:16	As the turpentine tree I stretched out my branches, and my branches are the branches of honour and grace.
24:17	As the vine brought I forth pleasant savour, and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.
24:19	Come unto me, all ye that be desirous of me, and fill yourselves with my fruits.
24:20	For my memorial is sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance than the honeycomb.
24:21	They that eat me shall yet be hungry, and they that drink me shall yet be thirsty.
24:22	He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded, and they that work by me shall not do amiss.
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.
24:25	He filleth all things with his wisdom, as Phison and as Tigris in the time of the new fruits.
24:26	He maketh the understanding to abound like Euphrates, and as Jordan in the time of the harvest.
24:27	He maketh the doctrine of knowledge appear as the light, and as Geon in the time of vintage.
24:28	The first man knew her not perfectly: no more shall the last find her out.
24:29	For her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profounder than the great deep.
24:30	I also came out as a brook from a river, and as a conduit into a garden.
24:31	I said, I will water my best garden, and will water abundantly my garden bed: and, lo, my brook became a river, and my river became a sea.
24:32	I will yet make doctrine to shine as the morning, and will send forth her light afar off.
24:33	I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and leave it to all ages for ever.
24:34	Behold that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all them that seek wisdom.
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.
25:2	Three sorts of men my soul hateth, and I am greatly offended at their life: a poor man that is proud, a rich man that is a liar, and an old adulterer that doateth.
25:3	If thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth, how canst thou find any thing in thine age?
25:4	O how comely a thing is judgment for grey hairs, and for ancient men to know counsel!
25:5	O how comely is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men of honour!
25:6	Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.
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.
25:8	Well is he that dwelleth with a wife of understanding, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served a man more unworthy than himself.
25:9	Well is he that hath found prudence, and he that speaketh in the ears of them that will hear:
25:10	O how great is he that findeth wisdom! yet there is none above him that feareth the Lord.
25:11	But the love of the Lord passeth all things for illumination: he that holdeth it, whereto shall he be likened?
25:13	[Give me] any plague, but the plague of the heart: and any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:
25:14	and any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate me: and any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.
25:15	There is no head above the head of a serpent; and there is no wrath above the wrath of an enemy.
25:16	I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon, than to keep house with a wicked woman.
25:17	The wickedness of a woman changeth her face, and darkeneth her countenance like sackcloth.
25:18	Her husband shall sit among his neighbours; and when he heareth it shall sigh bitterly.
25:19	All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman; let the portion of a sinner fall upon her.
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.
25:21	Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, and desire her not for pleasure.
25:22	A woman, if she maintain her husband, is full of anger, impudence, and much reproach.
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.
25:24	Of the woman came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die.
25:25	Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
25:26	If she go not as thou wouldest have her, cut her off from thy flesh, and give her a bill of divorce, and let her go.
26:1	Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife, for the number of his days shall be double.
26:2	A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband, and he shall fulfil the years of his life in peace.
26:3	A good wife is a good portion, which shall be given in the portion of them that fear the Lord.
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.
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.
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.
26:7	An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.
26:8	A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, and she will not cover her own shame.
26:9	The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids.
26:10	If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty.
26:11	Watch over an impudent eye: and marvel not if she trespass against thee.
26:12	She will open her mouth, as a thirsty traveller when he hath found a fountain, and drink of every water near her: by every hedge will she sit down, and open her quiver against every arrow.
26:13	The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fatten his bones.
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.
26:15	A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace, and her continent mind cannot be valued.
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.
26:17	As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick: so is the beauty of the face in ripe age.
26:18	As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; so are the fair feet with a constant heart.
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.
26:29	A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.
27:1	Many have sinned for a small matter; and he that seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes away.
27:2	As a nail sticketh fast between the joinings of the stones; so doth sin stick close between buying and selling.
27:3	Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear of the Lord, his house shall soon be overthrown.
27:4	As when one sifteth with a sieve, the refuse remaineth; so the filth of man in his talk.
27:5	The furnace proveth the potter's vessels; so the trial of man is in his reasoning.
27:6	The fruit declareth if the tree have been dressed; so is the utterance of a conceit in the heart of man.
27:7	Praise no man before thou hearest him speak; for this is the trial of men.
27:8	If thou followest righteousness, thou shalt obtain her, and put her on, as a glorious long robe.
27:9	The birds will resort unto their like; so will truth return unto them that practise in her.
27:10	As the lion lieth in wait for the prey; so sin for them that work iniquity.
27:11	The discourse of a godly man is always with wisdom; but a fool changeth as the moon.
27:12	If thou be among the indiscreet, observe the time; but be continually among men of understanding.
27:13	The discourse of fools is irksome, and their sport is the wantonness of sin.
27:14	The talk of him that sweareth much maketh the hair stand upright; and their brawls make one stop his ears.
27:15	The strife of the proud is bloodshedding, and their revilings are grievous to the ear.
27:16	Whoso discovereth secrets loseth his credit; and shall never find friend to his mind.
27:17	Love thy friend, and be faithful unto him: but if thou betrayest his secrets, follow no more after him.
27:18	For as a man hath destroyed his enemy; so hast thou lost the love of thy neighbour.
27:19	As one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and shalt not get him again.
27:20	Follow after him no more, for he is too far off; he is as a roe escaped out of the snare.
27:21	As for a wound, it may be bound up; and after reviling there may be reconcilement: but he that betrayeth secrets is without hope.
27:22	He that winketh with the eyes worketh evil: and he that knoweth him will depart from him.
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.
27:24	I have hated many things, but nothing like him; for the Lord will hate him.
27:25	Whoso casteth a stone on high casteth it on his own head; and a deceitful stroke shall make wounds.
27:26	Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that setteth a trap shall be taken therein.
27:27	He that worketh mischief, it shall fall upon him, and he shall not know whence it cometh.
27:28	Mockery and reproach are from the proud; but vengeance, as a lion, shall lie in wait for him.
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.
27:30	Malice and wrath, even these are abominations; and the sinful man shall have them both.
28:1	He that revengeth shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins [in remembrance].
28:2	Forgive thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done unto thee, so shall thy sins also be forgiven when thou prayest.
28:3	One man beareth hatred against another, and doth he seek pardon from the Lord?
28:4	He sheweth no mercy to a man, which is like himself: and doth he ask forgiveness of his own sins?
28:5	If he that is but flesh nourish hatred, who will intreat for pardon of his sins?
28:6	Remember thy end, and let thy enmity cease; [remember] corruption and death, and abide in the commandments.
28:7	Remember the commandments, and bear no malice to thy neighbour: [remember] the covenant of the Highest, and wink at ignorance.
28:8	Abstain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins: for a furious man will kindle strife.
28:9	A sinful man disquieteth friends, and maketh debate among them that be at peace.
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.
28:11	An hasty contention kindleth a fire: and an hasty fighting sheddeth blood.
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.
28:13	Curse the whisperer and double-tongued: for such have destroyed many that were at peace.
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.
28:15	A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours.
28:16	Whoso hearkeneth unto it shall never find rest, and never dwell quietly.
28:17	The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.
28:18	Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.
28:19	Well is he that is defended from it, and hath not passed through the venom thereof, who hath not drawn the yoke thereof, nor hath been bound in her bands.
28:20	For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron, and the bands thereof are bands of brass.
28:21	The death thereof is an evil death, the grave were better than it.
28:22	It shall not have rule over them that fear God, neither shall they be burned with the flame thereof.
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.
28:24	Look that thou hedge thy possession about with thorns, and bind up thy silver and gold,
28:25	and weigh thy words in a balance, and make a door and bar for thy mouth.
28:26	Beware thou slide not by it, lest thou fall before him that lieth in wait.
29:1	He that is merciful will lend unto his neighbour; and he that strengtheneth his hand keepeth the commandments.
29:2	Lend to thy neighbour in time of his need, and pay thou thy neighbour again in due season.
29:3	Keep thy word, and deal faithfully with him, and thou shalt always find the thing that is necessary for thee.
29:4	Many, when a thing was lent them, reckoned it to be found, and put them to trouble that helped them.
29:5	Till he hath received, he will kiss a man's hand; and for his neighbour's money he will speak submissively: but when he should repay, he will prolong the time, and return words of grief, and complain of the time.
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.
29:7	Many therefore have refused to lend for other men's ill dealing, fearing to be defrauded.
29:8	Yet have thou patience with a man in poor estate, and delay not to shew him mercy.
29:9	Help the poor for the commandment's sake, and turn him not away because of his poverty.
29:10	Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend, and let it not rust under a stone to be lost.
29:11	Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.
29:12	Shut up alms in thy storehouses: and it shall deliver thee from all affliction.
29:13	It shall fight for thee against thine enemies better than a mighty shield and strong spear.
29:14	An honest man is surety for his neighbour: but he that is impudent will forsake him.
29:15	Forget not the friendship of thy surety, for he hath given his life for thee.
29:16	A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety:
29:17	and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him [in danger] that delivered him.
29:18	Suretyship 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.
29:19	A wicked man transgressing the commandments of the Lord shall fall into suretyship: and he that undertaketh and followeth other men's business for gain shall fall into suits.
29:20	Help thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thyself fall not into the same.
29:21	The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.
29:22	Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man's house.
29:23	Be it little or much, hold thee contented,
29:24	for it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.
29:25	Thou shalt entertain, and feast, and have no thanks: moreover thou shalt hear bitter words:
29:26	Come, thou stranger, and furnish a table, and feed me of that thou hast ready.
29:27	Give place, thou stranger, to an honourable man; my brother cometh to be lodged, and I have need of mine house.
29:28	These things are grievous to a man of understanding; the upbraiding of houseroom, and reproaching of the lender.
37:1	Every friend saith, I am his friend also: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.
37:2	Is it not a grief unto death, when a companion and friend is turned to an enemy?
37:3	O wicked imagination, whence camest thou in to cover the earth with deceit?
37:4	There is a companion, which rejoiceth in the prosperity of a friend, but in the time of trouble will be against him.
37:5	There is a companion, which helpeth his friend for the belly, and taketh up the buckler against the enemy.
37:6	Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in thy riches.
37:7	Every counsellor extolleth counsel; but there is some that counselleth for himself.
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,
37:9	and say unto thee, Thy way is good: and afterward he stand on the other side, to see what shall befall thee.
37:10	Consult not with one that suspecteth thee: and hide thy counsel from such as envy thee.
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.
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.
37:13	And let the counsel of thine own heart stand: for there is no man more faithful unto thee than it;
37:14	for a man's mind is sometime wont to tell him more than seven watchmen, that sit above in an high tower.
37:15	And above all this pray to the most High, that he will direct thy way in truth.
37:16	Let reason go before every enterprize, and counsel before every action.
37:17	The countenance is a sign of changing of the heart.
37:18	Four manners of things appear: good and evil, life and death: but the tongue ruleth over them continually.
37:19	There is one that is wise and teacheth many, and yet is unprofitable to himself.
37:20	There is one that sheweth wisdom in words, and is hated: he shall be destitute of all food.
37:21	For grace is not given him from the Lord; because he is deprived of all wisdom.
37:22	Another is wise to himself; and the fruits of understanding are commendable in his mouth.
37:23	A wise man instructeth his people; and the fruits of his understanding fail not.
37:24	A wise man shall be filled with blessing; and all they that see him shall count him happy.
37:25	The days of the life of man may be numbered; but the days of Israel are innumerable.
37:26	A wise man shall inherit glory among his people, and his name shall be perpetual.
37:27	My son, prove thy soul in thy life, and see what is evil for it, and give not that unto it.
37:28	For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath every soul pleasure in every thing.
37:29	Be not insatiable in any dainty thing, nor too greedy upon meats:
37:30	for excess of meats bringeth sickness, and surfeiting will turn into choler.
37:31	By surfeiting have many perished; but he that taketh heed prolongeth his life.
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.
38:2	For of the most High cometh healing, and he shall receive honour of the king.
38:3	The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.
38:4	The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.
38:5	Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
38:6	And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works.
38:7	With such doth he heal [men,] and taketh away their pains.
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.
38:9	My son, in thy sickness be not negligent: but pray unto the Lord, and he will make thee whole.
38:10	Leave off from sin, and order thine hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all wickedness.
38:11	Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being.
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.
38:13	There is a time when in their hands there is good success.
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.
38:15	He that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of the physician.
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.
38:17	Weep bitterly, and make great moan, and use lamentation, as he is worthy, and that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: and then comfort thyself for thy heaviness;
38:18	for of heaviness cometh death, and the heaviness of the heart breaketh strength.
38:19	In affliction also sorrow remaineth: and the life of the poor is the curse of the heart.
38:20	Take no heaviness to heart: drive it away, and remember the last end.
38:21	Forget him not, for there is no turning again: thou shalt not do him good, but hurt thyself.
38:22	Remember his judgment: for thine also shall be so; yesterday for me, and to day for thee.
38:23	When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest; and be comforted for him when his spirit is departed from him.
38:24	The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.
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?
38:26	He giveth his mind to make furrows; and is diligent to give the kine fodder.
38:27	So every carpenter and workmaster, that laboureth night and day: and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, and give themselves to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish a work:
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:
38:29	So doth the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is alway carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number;
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:
38:31	all these trust to their hands; and every one is wise in his work.
38:32	Without these cannot a city be inhabited: and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down:
38:33	they shall not be sought for in public 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.
38:34	But they will maintain the state of the world, and [all] their desire is in the work of their craft. But he that giveth his mind to the law of the most High, and is occupied in the meditation thereof,
39:1	will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, and be occupied in prophecies.
39:2	He will keep the sayings of the renowned men: and where subtil parables are, he will be there also.
39:3	He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, and be conversant in dark parables.
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.
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.
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.
39:7	He shall direct his counsel and knowledge, and on his secrets shall he meditate.
39:8	He shall shew forth that which he hath learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.
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.
39:10	Nations shall shew forth his wisdom, and the congregation shall declare his praise.
39:11	If he die, he shall leave a greater name than a thousand: and if he live, he shall increase it.
39:12	Yet have I more to say, which I have thought upon; for I am filled as the moon at the full.
39:13	Hearken unto me, ye holy children, and bud forth as a rose growing by the brook of the field:
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.
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:
39:16	All the works of the Lord are exceeding good, and whatsoever he commandeth shall be [accomplished] in due season.
39:17	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.
39:18	At his commandment is done whatsoever pleaseth him; and none can hinder, when he will save.
39:19	The works of all flesh are before him, and nothing can be hid from his eyes.
39:20	He seeth from everlasting to everlasting; and there is nothing wonderful before him.
39:21	A man need not to say, What is this? wherefore is that? for he hath made all things for their uses.
39:22	His blessing covered the dry land as a river, and watered it as a flood.
39:23	As he hath turned the waters into saltness: so shall the heathen inherit his wrath.
39:24	As his ways are plain unto the holy; so are they stumbling-blocks unto the wicked.
39:25	For the good are good things created from the beginning: so evil things for sinners.
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.
39:27	All these things are for good to the godly: so to the sinners they are turned into evil.
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.
39:29	Fire, and hail, and famine, and death, all these were created for vengeance;
39:30	teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions, serpents, and the sword, punishing the wicked to destruction,
39:31	shall rejoice in his commandment, and they shall be ready upon earth, when need is; and when their time is come, they shall not go beyond his word.
39:32	Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and thought upon these things, and have left them in writing.
39:33	All the works of the Lord are good: and he will give every needful thing in due season.
39:34	So that a man cannot say, This is worse than that: for in time they shall all be well approved.
39:35	And therefore praise ye the Lord with the whole heart and mouth, and bless the name of the Lord.
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.
40:2	Their imagination of things to come, and the day of death, [trouble] their thoughts, and [cause] fear of heart;
40:3	from him that sitteth on a throne of glory, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes;
40:4	from him that weareth purple and a crown, unto [him that is clothed with a linen] frock.
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.
40:6	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.
40:7	When all is safe, he awaketh, and marvelleth that the fear was nothing.
40:8	[Such things happen] unto all flesh, both man and beast, and sevenfold more upon sinners.
40:9	Death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, calamities, famine, tribulation, and the scourge;
40:10	these things are created for the wicked, and through them came the flood.
40:11	All things that are of the earth do turn to the earth again: and that which is of the waters doth return into the sea.
40:12	All bribery and injustice shall be blotted out: but true dealing shall endure for ever.
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.
40:14	While he openeth his hand he shall rejoice: so shall transgressors come to nought.
40:15	The children of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches: but are as unclean roots upon a hard rock.
40:16	The weed growing upon every water and bank of a river shall be pulled up before all grass.
40:17	Bountifulness is as a most fruitful garden, and mercifulness endureth for ever.
40:18	To labour, and to be content with that a man hath, is a sweet life: but he that findeth a treasure is above them both.
40:19	Children and the building of a city continue a man's name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both.
40:20	Wine and music rejoice the heart: but the love of wisdom is above them both.
40:21	The pipe and the psaltery make sweet melody: but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
40:22	Thine eye desireth favour and beauty: but more than both the first sprouting of corn.
40:23	A friend and companion never meet amiss: but above both is a wife with her husband.
40:24	Brethren and help are against time of trouble: but alms shall deliver more than them both.
40:25	Gold and silver make the foot stand sure; but counsel is esteemed above them both.
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.
40:27	The fear of the Lord is a fruitful garden, and covereth him above all glory.
40:28	My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg.
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.
40:30	Begging is sweet in the mouth of the shameless: but in his belly there shall burn a fire.
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!
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!
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.
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.
41:5	The children of sinners are abominable children, and they that are conversant in the dwelling of the ungodly.
41:6	The inheritance of sinners' children shall perish, and from their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
41:7	The children will complain of an ungodly father, because they will be reproached for his sake.
41:8	Who 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:
41:9	and if ye be born, ye shall be born to a curse: and if ye die, a curse shall be your portion.
41:10	All that are of the earth shall turn to earth again: so the ungodly shall go from a curse to destruction.
41:11	The mourning of men is about their bodies: but an ill name of sinners shall be blotted out.
41:12	Have regard to thy name; for that shall continue with thee above a thousand great treasures of gold.
41:13	A good life hath but few days: but a good name endureth for ever.
41:14	My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both?
41:15	A man that hideth his foolishness is better than a man that hideth his wisdom.
41:16	Therefore be shamefaced according to my word: for it is not good to retain all shamefacedness; neither is it altogether approved in every thing.
41:17	Be ashamed of whoredom before father and mother: and of a lie before a prince and a mighty man;
41:18	of an offence before a judge and ruler; of iniquity before a congregation and people; of unjust dealing before thy partner and friend;
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;
41:20	and of silence before them that salute thee; and to look upon an harlot;
41:21	and to turn away thy face from thy kinsman; or to take away a portion or a gift; or to gaze upon another man's wife;
41:22	or to be overbusy with his maid, and come not near her bed; or of upbraiding speeches before friends; and after thou hast given, upbraid not;
41:23	Or of iterating and speaking again that which thou hast heard; and of revealing of secrets;
41:24	so shalt thou be truly shamefaced, and find favour before all men.
42:1	Of these things be not thou ashamed, and accept no person to sin thereby:
42:2	of the law of the most High, and his covenant; and of judgment to justify the ungodly;
42:3	of reckoning with thy partners and travellers; or of the gift of the heritage of friends;
42:4	of exactness of balance and weights; or of getting much or little;
42:5	and of merchants' indifferent selling; of much correction of children; and to make the side of an evil servant to bleed.
42:6	Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and locked up, where many hands are.
42:7	Deliver all things in number and weight; and put all in writing that thou givest out, or receivest in.
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.
42:9	A daughter is a wakeful care to a father; 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:
42:10	in her virginity, lest she should be defiled and gotten with child in her father's house; and having an husband, lest she should misbehave herself; and when she is married, lest she should be barren.
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.
42:12	Behold not everybody's beauty, and sit not in the midst of women.
42:13	For from garments cometh a moth, and from women wickedness.
42:14	Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, [I say], which bringeth shame and reproach.
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.
42:16	The sun that giveth light looketh upon all things, and the work thereof [is] full of the glory of the Lord.
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.
42:18	He seeketh out the deep, and the heart, and considereth their crafty devices: for the Lord knoweth all that can be known, and he beholdeth the signs of the world,
42:19	declaring the things that are past, and for to come, and revealing the steps of hidden things.
42:20	No thought escapeth him, neither any word is hidden from him.
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.
42:22	Oh how desirable are all his works! and that a man may see even to a spark.
42:23	All these things live and remain for ever for all uses, and they are all obedient.
42:24	All things are double one against another: and he hath made nothing imperfect.
42:25	One thing establisheth the good of another: and who shall be filled with beholding his glory?
43:1	The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious shew;
43:2	the sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High:
43:3	at noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof?
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.
43:5	Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment it runneth hastily.
43:6	He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of times, and a sign of the world.
43:7	From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.
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;
43:9	the beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.
43:10	At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their order, and never faint in their watches.
43:11	Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof.
43:12	It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it.
43:13	By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
43:14	Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth as fowls.
43:15	By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small.
43:16	At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south wind bloweth.
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:
43:18	the eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.
43:19	The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it becometh sharp peaks.
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.
43:21	It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire.
43:22	A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily: a dew coming after heat refresheth.
43:23	By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands therein.
43:24	They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat.
43:25	For therein be strange and wondrous works, variety of all kinds of beasts, the race of whales.
43:26	By him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by his word all things consist.
43:27	We may speak much, and yet come short; wherefore in sum, he is all.
43:28	How shall we be able to magnify him? for he is great above all his works.
43:29	The Lord is terrible and very great, and marvellous is his power.
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.
43:31	Who hath seen him, that he might tell us? and who can magnify him as he is?
43:32	There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works.
43:33	For the Lord hath made all things; and to the godly hath he given wisdom.
44:1	Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.
44:2	The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning.
44:3	Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies:
44:4	leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent in their instruction:
44:5	such as found out musical tunes, and recited verses in writing:
44:6	rich men furnished with ability, living peaceably in their habitations:
44:7	all these were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of their times.
44:8	There be of them that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported.
44:9	And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been; and are become as though they had never been born; and their children after them.
44:10	But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten.
44:11	With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance, and their children are within the covenant.
44:12	Their seed standeth fast, and their children for their sakes.
44:13	Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out.
44:14	Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.
44:15	The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will shew forth their praise.
44:16	Enoch pleased the Lord, and was translated, being an example of repentance to all generations.
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.
44:18	An everlasting covenant was made with him, that all flesh shall perish no more by the flood.
44:19	Abraham was a great father of many people: in glory was there none like unto him;
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.
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.
44:22	With Isaac did he establish likewise, for Abraham his father's sake, the blessing of all men, and the covenant,
44:23	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.
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.
45:2	He made him like to the glorious saints, and magnified him, so that his enemies stood in fear of him.
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.
45:4	He sanctified him [in] his faithfulness and meekness, and chose him out of all men.
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.
45:6	He exalted Aaron, an holy man like unto him, even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.
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.
45:8	He put upon him perfect glory; and strengthened him with rich garments, with breeches, with a long robe, and the ephod.
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;
45:10	with a holy garment, with gold, and blue silk, and purple, the work of the embroiderer, with a breastplate of judgment, with the revealers of truth;
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.
45:12	He set a crown of gold upon the mitre, wherein was engraven Holiness, an ornament of honour, a costly work, the desires of the eyes, goodly and beautiful.
45:13	Before him there were none such, neither did ever any stranger put them on, but only his children and his children's children perpetually.
45:14	Their sacrifices shall be wholly consumed every day twice continually.
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.
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.
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.
45:18	Strangers conspired together against him, and maligned him in the wilderness, even the men that were of Dathan's and Abiron's side, and the congregation of Core, with fury and wrath.
45:19	This the Lord saw, and it displeased him, and in his wrathful indignation were they consumed: he did wonders upon them, to consume them with the fiery flame.
45:20	But he made Aaron more honourable, and gave him an heritage, and divided unto him the firstfruits of the increase; especially he prepared bread in abundance:
45:21	for they eat of the sacrifices of the Lord, which he gave unto him and his seed.
45:22	Howbeit in the land of the people he had no inheritance, neither had he any portion among the people: for the Lord himself is his portion and inheritance.
45:23	The third in glory is Phinees the son of Eleazar, because he had zeal in the fear of the Lord, and stood up with good courage of heart when the people were turned back, and made reconciliation for Israel.
45:24	Therefore was there a covenant of peace made with him, that he should be the chief of the sanctuary and of his people, and that he and his posterity should have the dignity of the priesthood for ever:
45:25	according to the covenant made with David son of Jesse, of the tribe of Juda, that the inheritance of the king should be to his posterity alone: so the inheritance of Aaron should also be unto his seed.
45:26	God give you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness, that their good things be not abolished, and that their glory may endure for ever.
46:1	Jesus the son of Nave was valiant in the wars, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies, who according to his name was made great for the saving of the elect of God, and taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, that he might set Israel in their inheritance.
46:2	How great glory gat he, when he did lift up his hands, and stretched out his sword against the cities!
46:3	Who before him has so stood? for the Lord himself brought his enemies over to him.
46:4	Did not the sun go back by his means? and was not one day as long as two?
46:5	He called upon the most high Lord, when the enemies pressed upon him on every side; and the great Lord heard him.
46:6	And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battle to fall violently upon the nations, and by their falling he destroyed them that resisted, that the nations might know all their strength, because he fought in the sight of the Lord, and he followed the Mighty One.
46:7	In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephunne, in that they withstood the enemy, and withheld the people from sin, and appeased the wicked murmuring.
46:8	And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved to bring them into the heritage, even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey.
46:9	The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, which remained with him unto his old age: so that he entered upon the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an heritage:
46:10	that all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
46:11	And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory be blessed.
46:12	Let their bones flourish out of their place, and let the name of them that were honoured be continued upon their children.
46:13	Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord, established a kingdom, and anointed princes over his people.
46:14	By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord had respect unto Jacob.
46:15	By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet, and by his word he was known to be faithful in vision.
46:16	He called upon the mighty Lord, when his enemies pressed upon him on every side, when he offered the sucking lamb.
46:17	And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
46:18	And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians, and all the princes of the Philistines.
46:19	And before his long sleep he made protestation in the sight of the Lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man's goods, so much as a shoe: and no man did accuse him.
46:20	And after his death he prophesied, and shewed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.
47:1	And after him rose up Nathan to prophesy in the time of David.
47:2	As is the fat taken away from the peace offering, so was David chosen out of the children of Israel.
47:3	He played with lions as with kids, and with bears as with lambs.
47:4	Slew he not a giant, when he was yet but young? and did he not take away reproach from the people, when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling, and beat down the boasting of Goliath?
47:5	for he called upon the most high Lord; and he gave him strength in his right hand to slay that mighty warrior, and set up the horn of his people.
47:6	So the people honoured him with ten thousands, and praised him in the blessings of the Lord in that he gave him a crown of glory.
47:7	For he destroyed the enemies on every side, and brought to nought the Philistines his adversaries, and brake their horn in sunder unto this day.
47:8	In all his works he praised the Holy One most high with words of glory; with his whole heart he sang songs, and loved him that made him.
47:9	He set singers also before the altar, that by their voices they might make sweet melody, and daily sing praises in their songs.
47:10	He beautified their feasts, and set in order the solemn times until the end, that they might praise his holy name, and that the temple might sound from morning.
47:11	The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn for ever: he gave him a covenant of kings, and a throne of glory in Israel.
47:12	After him rose up a wise son, and for his sake he dwelt at large.
47:13	Solomon reigned in a peaceable time, and was honoured; for God made all quiet round about him, that he might build an house in his name, and prepare his sanctuary for ever.
47:14	How wise wast thou in thy youth, and, as a flood, filled with understanding!
47:15	Thy soul covered the whole earth, and thou filledst it with dark parables.
47:16	Thy name went far unto the islands; and for thy peace thou wast beloved.
47:17	The countries marvelled at thee for thy songs, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations.
47:18	By the name of the Lord God, which is called the Lord God of Israel, thou didst gather gold as tin, and didst multiply silver as lead.
47:19	Thou didst bow thy loins unto women, and by thy body thou wast brought into subjection.
47:20	Thou didst stain thy honour, and pollute thy seed: so that thou broughtest wrath upon thy children, and wast grieved for thy folly.
47:21	So the kingdom was divided, and out of Ephraim ruled a rebellious kingdom.
47:22	But the Lord will never leave off his mercy, neither shall any of his works perish, neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect, and the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away: wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob, and out of him a root unto David.
47:23	Thus rested Solomon with his fathers, and of his seed he left behind him Roboam, even the foolishness of the people, and one that had no understanding, who turned away the people through his counsel. There was also Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, and shewed Ephraim the way of sin:
47:24	and their sins were multiplied exceedingly, that they were driven out of the land.
47:25	For they sought out all wickedness, till the vengeance came upon them.
48:1	Then stood up Elias the prophet as fire, and his word burned like a lamp.
48:2	He brought a sore famine upon them, and by his zeal he diminished their number.
48:3	By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and also three times brought down fire.
48:4	O Elias, how wast thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds! and who may glory like unto thee!
48:5	Who didst raise up a dead man from death, and his soul from the place of the dead, by the word of the most High:
48:6	who broughtest kings to destruction, and honourable men from their bed:
48:7	who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, and in Horeb the judgment of vengeance:
48:8	who anointedst kings to take revenge, and prophets to succeed after him:
48:9	who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, and in a chariot of fiery horses:
48:10	who wast ordained for reproofs in their times, to pacify the wrath of the Lord's judgment, before it brake forth into fury, and to turn the heart of the father unto the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
48:11	Blessed are they that saw thee, and slept in love; for we shall surely live.
48:12	Elias it was, who was covered with a whirlwind; and Eliseus was filled with his spirit: whilst he lived, he was not moved [with the presence] of any prince, neither could any bring him into subjection.
48:13	No word could overcome him; and after his death his body prophesied.
48:14	He did wonders in his life, and at his death were his works marvellous.
48:15	For all this the people repented not, neither departed they from their sins, till they were spoiled and carried out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth: yet there remained a small people, and a ruler in the house of David:
48:16	of whom some did that which was pleasing [to God], and some multiplied sins.
48:17	Ezekias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof: he digged the hard rock with iron, and made wells for waters.
48:18	In his time Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against Sion, and boasted proudly.
48:19	Then trembled their hearts and hands, and they were in pain, as women in travail.
48:20	But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, and stretched out their hands toward him: and immediately the Holy One heard them out of heaven, and delivered them by the ministry of Esay.
48:21	He smote the host of the Assyrians, and his angel destroyed them.
48:22	For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was strong in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who was great and faithful in his vision, had commanded him.
48:23	In his time the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king's life.
48:24	He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the last, and he comforted them that mourned in Sion.
48:25	He shewed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things or ever they came.
49:1	The remembrance of Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as music at a banquet of wine.
49:2	He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
49:3	He directed his heart unto the Lord, and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.
49:4	All, except David and Ezekias and Josias, were defective: for they forsook the law of the most High, [even] the kings of Juda failed;
49:5	for they gave their power unto others, and their glory to a strange nation.
49:6	They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremias.
49:7	For they entreated him evil, who nevertheless was a prophet, sanctified in his mother's womb, that he might root out, and afflict, and destroy; and that he might build up also, and plant.
49:8	It was Ezekiel who saw the glorious vision, which was shewed him upon the chariot of the cherubim.
49:9	For he made mention of the enemies under [the figure of] the rain, and directed them that went right.
49:10	And of the twelve prophets let the memorial be blessed, and let their bones flourish again out of their place: for they comforted Jacob, and delivered them by assured hope.
49:11	How shall we magnify Zorobabel? he was even as a signet on the right hand:
49:12	So was Jesus the son of Josedec: who in their time builded the house, and set up an holy temple to the Lord, which was prepared for everlasting glory.
49:13	And among the elect was Neemias, whose renown is great, who raised up for us the walls that were fallen, and set up the gates and the bars, and raised up our ruins again.
49:14	But upon the earth was no man created like Enoch; for he was taken from the earth.
49:15	Neither was there a man born like unto Joseph, a governor of his brethren, a stay of the people, whose bones were regarded of the Lord.
49:16	Sem and Seth were in great honour among men, and so was Adam above every living thing in the creation.
50:1	Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house again, and in his days fortified the temple:
50:2	and by him was built from the foundation the double height, the high fortress of the wall about the temple:
50:3	in his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
50:4	he took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:
50:5	how was he honoured in the midst of the people in his coming out of the sanctuary!
50:6	He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full:
50:7	as the sun shining upon the temple of the most High, and as the rainbow giving light in the bright clouds:
50:8	and as the flower of roses in the spring of the year, as lilies by the rivers of waters, and as the branches of the frankincense tree in the time of summer:
50:9	as fire and incense in the censer, and as a vessel of beaten gold set with all manner of precious stones:
50:10	and as a fair olive tree budding forth fruit, and as a cypress tree which groweth up to the clouds.
50:11	When he put on the robe of honour, and was clothed with the perfection of glory, when he went up to the holy altar, he made the garment of holiness honourable.
50:12	When he took the portions out of the priests' hands, he himself stood by the hearth of the altar, compassed with his brethren round about, as a young cedar in Libanus; and as palm trees compassed they him round about.
50:13	So were all the sons of Aaron in their glory, and the oblations of the Lord in their hands, before all the congregation of Israel.
50:14	And finishing the service at the altar, that he might adorn the offering of the most high Almighty,
50:15	he stretched out his hand to the cup, and poured of the blood of the grape, he poured out at the foot of the altar a sweetsmelling savour unto the most high King of all.
50:16	Then shouted the sons of Aaron, and sounded the silver trumpets, and made a great noise to be heard, for a remembrance before the most High.
50:17	Then all the people together hasted, and fell down to the earth upon their faces to worship their Lord God Almighty, the most High.
50:18	The singers also sang praises with their voices, with great variety of sounds was there made sweet melody.
50:19	And the people besought the Lord, the most High, by prayer before him that is merciful, till the solemnity of the Lord was ended, and they had finished his service.
50:20	Then he went down, and lifted up his hands over the whole congregation of the children of Israel, to give the blessing of the Lord with his lips, and to rejoice in his name.
50:21	And they bowed themselves down to worship the second time, that they might receive a blessing from the most High.
50:22	Now therefore bless ye the God of all, which only doeth wondrous things every where, which exalteth our days from the womb, and dealeth with us according to his mercy.
50:23	He grant us joyfulness of heart, and that peace may be in our days in Israel for ever:
50:24	that he would confirm his mercy with us, and deliver us at his time!
50:25	There be two manner of nations which my heart abhorreth, and the third is no nation:
50:26	they that sit upon the mountain of Samaria, and they that dwell among the Philistines, and that foolish people that dwell in Sichem.
50:27	Jesus the son of Sirach of Jerusalem hath written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge, who out of his heart poured forth wisdom.
50:28	Blessed is he that shall be exercised in these things: and he that layeth them up in his heart shall become wise.
50:29	For if he do them, he shall be strong to all things: for the light of the Lord is his path.
51:1	I will thank thee, O Lord and King, and praise thee, O God my Saviour: I do give praise unto thy name:
51:2	for thou art my defender and helper, and hast preserved my body from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous tongue, and from the lips that forge lies, and hast been mine helper against mine adversaries:
51:3	and hast delivered me, according to the multitude of thy mercies and greatness of thy name, from the teeth of them that were ready to devour me, and out of the hands of such as sought after my life, and from the manifold afflictions which I had;
51:4	from the choking of fire on every side, and from the midst of the fire which I kindled not;
51:5	from the depth of the belly of hell, from an unclean tongue, and from lying words.
51:6	By an accusation to the king from an unrighteous tongue my soul drew near even unto death, my life was near to the hell beneath.
51:7	They compassed me on every side, and there was no man to help me: I looked for the succour of men, but there was none.
51:8	Then thought I upon thy mercy, O Lord, and upon thy acts of old, how thou deliverest such as wait for thee, and savest them out of the hands of the enemies.
51:9	Then lifted I up my supplication from the earth, and prayed for deliverance from death.
51:10	I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the days of my trouble, and in the time of the proud, when there was no help.
51:11	I will praise thy name continually, and will sing praise with thanksgiving; and so my prayer was heard:
51:12	for thou savedst me from destruction, and deliveredst me from the evil time: therefore will I give thanks, and praise thee, and bless thy name, O Lord.
51:13	When I was yet young, or ever I went abroad, I desired wisdom openly in my prayer.
51:14	I prayed for her before the temple, and will seek her out even to the end.
51:15	Even from the flower till the grape was ripe hath my heart delighted in her: my foot went the right way, from my youth up sought I after her.
51:16	I bowed down mine ear a little, and received her, and gat much learning.
51:17	I profited therein, [therefore] will I ascribe the glory unto him that giveth me wisdom.
51:18	For I purposed to do after her, and earnestly I followed that which is good; so shall I not be confounded.
51:19	My soul hath wrestled with her, and in my doings I was exact: I stretched forth my hands to the heaven above, and bewailed my ignorances of her.
51:20	I directed my soul unto her, and I found her in pureness: I have had my heart joined with her from the beginning, therefore shall I not be forsaken.
51:21	My heart was troubled in seeking her: therefore have I gotten a good possession.
51:22	The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward, and I will praise him therewith.
51:23	Draw near unto me, ye unlearned, and dwell in the house of learning.
51:24	Wherefore are ye slow, and what say ye of these things, seeing your souls are very thirsty?
51:25	I opened my mouth, and said, Buy her for yourselves without money.
51:26	Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction: she is hard at hand to find.
51:27	Behold with your eyes, how that I have had but little labour, and have gotten unto me much rest.
51:28	Get learning with a great sum of money, and get much gold by her.
51:29	Let your soul rejoice in his mercy, and be not ashamed of his praise.
51:30	Work your work betimes, and in his time he will give you your reward.

== King James Version (KJV)
King James Version (1769), public domain. Text from eBible.org

2:1	My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation.
2:2	Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
2:3	Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.
2:4	Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate.
2:5	For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
2:6	Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him.
2:7	Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and go not aside, lest ye fall.
2:8	Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; and your reward shall not fail.
2:9	Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and mercy.
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?
2:11	For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction.
2:12	Woe be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two ways!
2:13	Woe unto him that is fainthearted! for he believeth not; therefore shall he not be defended.
2:14	Woe unto you that have lost patience! and what will ye do when the Lord shall visit you?
2:15	They that fear the Lord will not disobey his Word; and they that love him will keep his ways.
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.
2:17	They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight,
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.
4:1	My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.
4:2	Make not an hungry soul sorrowful; neither provoke a man in his distress.
4:3	Add not more trouble to an heart that is vexed; and defer not to give to him that is in need.
4:4	Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.
4:5	Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee:
4:6	For if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.
4:7	Get thyself the love of the congregation, and bow thy head to a great man.
4:8	Let it not grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, and give him a friendly answer with meekness.
4:9	Deliver him that suffereth wrong from the hand of the oppressor; and be not fainthearted when thou sittest in judgment.
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.
4:11	Wisdom exalteth her children, and layeth hold of them that seek her.
4:12	He that loveth her loveth life; and they that seek to her early shall be filled with joy.
4:13	He that holdeth her fast shall inherit glory; and wheresoever she entereth, the Lord will bless.
4:14	They that serve her shall minister to the Holy One: and them that love her the Lord doth love.
4:15	Whoso giveth ear unto her shall judge the nations: and he that attendeth unto her shall dwell securely.
4:16	If a man commit himself unto her, he shall inherit her; and his generation shall hold her in possession.
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.
4:18	Then will she return the straight way unto him, and comfort him, and shew him her secrets.
4:19	But if he go wrong, she will forsake him, and give him over to his own ruin.
4:20	Observe the opportunity, and beware of evil; and be not ashamed when it concerneth thy soul.
4:21	For there is a shame that bringeth sin; and there is a shame which is glory and grace.
4:22	Accept no person against thy soul, and let not the reverence of any man cause thee to fall.
4:23	And refrain not to speak, when there is occasion to do good, and hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.
4:24	For by speech wisdom shall be known: and learning by the word of the tongue.
4:25	In no wise speak against the truth; but be abashed of the error of thine ignorance.
4:26	Be not ashamed to confess thy sins; and force not the course of the river.
4:27	Make not thyself an underling to a foolish man; neither accept the person of the mighty.
4:28	Strive for the truth unto death, and the Lord shall fight for thee.
4:29	Be not hasty in thy tongue, and in thy deeds slack and remiss.
4:30	Be not as a lion in thy house, nor frantick among thy servants.
4:31	Let not thine hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldest repay.
5:1	Set thy heart upon thy goods; and say not, I have enough for my life.
5:2	Follow not thine own mind and thy strength, to walk in the ways of thy heart:
5:3	And say not, Who shall controul me for my works? for the Lord will surely revenge thy pride.
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.
5:5	Concerning propitiation, be not without fear to add sin unto sin:
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.
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.
5:8	Set not thine heart upon goods unjustly gotten, for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity.
5:9	Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue.
5:10	Be stedfast in thy understanding; and let thy word be the same.
5:11	Be swift to hear; and let thy life be sincere; and with patience give answer.
5:12	If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
5:13	Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall.
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.
5:15	Be not ignorant of any thing in a great matter or a small.
6:1	Instead of a friend become not an enemy; for [thereby] thou shalt inherit an ill name, shame, and reproach: even so shall a sinner that hath a double tongue.
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].
6:3	Thou shalt eat up thy leaves, and lose thy fruit, and leave thyself as a dry tree.
6:4	A wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and shall make him to be laughed to scorn of his enemies.
6:5	Sweet language will multiply friends: and a fairspeaking tongue will increase kind greetings.
6:6	Be in peace with many: nevertheless have but one counsellor of a thousand.
6:7	If thou wouldest get a friend, prove him first and be not hasty to credit him.
6:8	For some man is a friend for his own occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
6:9	And there is a friend, who being turned to enmity, and strife will discover thy reproach.
6:10	Again, some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction.
6:11	But in thy prosperity he will be as thyself, and will be bold over thy servants.
6:12	If thou be brought low, he will be against thee, and will hide himself from thy face.
6:13	Separate thyself from thine enemies, and take heed of thy friends.
6:14	A faithfull friend is a strong defence: and he that hath found such an one hath found a treasure.
6:15	Nothing doth countervail a faithful friend, and his excellency is invaluable.
6:16	A faithful friend is the medicine of life; and they that fear the Lord shall find him.
6:17	Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright: for as he is, so shall his neighbour be also.
6:18	My son, gather instruction from thy youth up: so shalt thou find wisdom till thine old age.
6:19	Come unto her as one that ploweth and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: for thou shalt not toil much in labouring about her, but thou shalt eat of her fruits right soon.
6:20	She is very unpleasant to the unlearned: he that is without understanding will not remain with her.
6:21	She will lie upon him as a mighty stone of trial; and he will cast her from him ere it be long.
6:22	For wisdom is according to her name, and she is not manifest unto many.
6:23	Give ear, my son, receive my advice, and refuse not my counsel,
6:24	And put thy feet into her fetters, and thy neck into her chain.
6:25	Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her, and be not grieved with her bonds.
6:26	Come unto her with thy whole heart, and keep her ways with all thy power.
6:27	Search, and seek, and she shall be made known unto thee: and when thou hast got hold of her, let her not go.
6:28	For at the last thou shalt find her rest, and that shall be turned to thy joy.
6:29	Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee, and her chains a robe of glory.
6:30	For there is a golden ornament upon her, and her bands are purple lace.
6:31	Thou shalt put her on as a robe of honour, and shalt put her about thee as a crown of joy.
6:32	My son, if thou wilt, thou shalt be taught: and if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be prudent.
6:33	If thou love to hear, thou shalt receive understanding: and if thou bow thine ear, thou shalt be wise,
6:34	Stand in the multitude of the elders; and cleave unto him that is wise.
6:35	Be willing to hear every godly discourse; and let not the parables of understanding escape thee.
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.
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.
7:1	Do no evil, so shall no harm come unto thee.
7:2	Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee.
7:3	My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.
7:4	Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.
7:5	justify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king.
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.
7:7	Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thyself down among the people.
7:8	Bind not one sin upon another; for in one thou shalt not be unpunished.
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.
7:10	Be not fainthearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to give alms.
7:11	Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.
7:12	Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the like to thy friend.
7:13	Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
7:14	Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.
7:15	Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.
7:16	Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.
7:17	Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.
7:18	Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.
7:19	Forego not a wise and good woman: for her grace is above gold.
7:20	Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil, nor the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee.
7:21	Let thy soul love a good servant, and defraud him not of liberty.
7:22	Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.
7:23	Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth.
7:24	Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thyself cheerful toward them.
7:25	Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.
7:26	Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.
7:27	Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.
7:28	Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?
7:29	Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests.
7:30	Love him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not his ministers.
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.
7:32	And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.
7:33	A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.
7:34	Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn.
7:35	Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.
7:36	Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.
8:1	Strive not with a mighty man’ lest thou fall into his hands.
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.
8:3	Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
8:4	Jest not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be disgraced.
8:5	Reproach not a man that turneth from sin, but remember that we are all worthy of punishment.
8:6	Dishonour not a man in his old age: for even some of us wax old.
8:7	Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy being dead, but remember that we die all.
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.
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.
8:10	Kindle not the coals of a sinner, lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire.
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
8:12	Lend not unto him that is mightier than thyself; for if thou lendest him, count it but lost.
8:13	Be not surety above thy power: for if thou be surety, take care to pay it.
8:14	Go not to law with a judge; for they will judge for him according to his honour.
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.
8:16	Strive not with an angry man, and go not with him into a solitary place: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help, he will overthrow thee.
8:17	Consult not with a fool; for he cannot keep counsel.
8:18	Do no secret thing before a stranger; for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.
8:19	Open not thine heart to every man, lest he requite thee with a shrewd turn.
9:1	Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
9:2	Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance.
9:3	Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.
9:4	Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts.
9:5	Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.
9:6	Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance.
9:7	Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof.
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.
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.
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.
9:11	Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.
9:12	Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.
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.
9:14	As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult with the wise.
9:15	Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High.
9:16	And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
9:17	For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
9:18	A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.
12:1	When thou wilt do good know to whom thou doest it; so shalt thou be thanked for thy benefits.
12:2	Do good to the godly man, and thou shalt find a recompence; and if not from him, yet from the most High.
12:3	There can no good come to him that is always occupied in evil, nor to him that giveth no alms.
12:4	Give to the godly man, and help not a sinner.
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.
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.
12:7	Give unto the good, and help not the sinner.
12:8	A friend cannot be known in prosperity: and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.
12:9	In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will depart.
12:10	Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness.
12:11	Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a lookingglass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath not been altogether wiped away.
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.
12:13	Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, or any such as come nigh wild beasts?
12:14	So one that goeth to a sinner, and is defiled with him in his sins, who will pity?
12:15	For a while he will abide with thee, but if thou begin to fall, he will not tarry.
12:16	An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he imagineth how to throw thee into a pit: he will weep with his eyes, but if he find opportunity, he will not be satisfied with blood.
12:17	If adversity come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first; and though he pretend to help thee, yet shall he undermine thee.
12:18	He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.
14:1	Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins.
14:2	Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.
14:3	Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money?
14:4	He that gathereth by defrauding his own soul gathereth for others, that shall spend his goods riotously.
14:5	He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
14:6	There is none worse than he that envieth himself; and this is a recompence of his wickedness.
14:7	And if he doeth good, he doeth it unwillingly; and at the last he will declare his wickedness.
14:8	The envious man hath a wicked eye; he turneth away his face, and despiseth men.
14:9	A covetous man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul.
14:10	A wicked eye envieth [his] bread, and he is a niggard at his table.
14:11	My son, according to thy ability do good to thyself, and give the Lord his due offering.
14:12	Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee.
14:13	Do good unto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give to him.
14:14	Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee.
14:15	Shalt thou not leave thy travails unto another? and thy labours to be divided by lot?
14:16	Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul; for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave.
14:17	All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is, Thou shalt die the death.
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.
14:19	Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.
14:20	Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom, and that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding.
14:21	He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets.
14:22	Go after her as one that traceth, and lie in wait in her ways.
14:23	He that prieth in at her windows shall also hearken at her doors.
14:24	He that doth lodge near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls.
14:25	He shall pitch his tent nigh unto her, and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are.
14:26	He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches.
14:27	By her he shall be covered from heat, and in her glory shall he dwell.
15:1	He that feareth the Lord will do good, and he that hath the knowledge of the law shall obtain her.
15:2	And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin.
15:3	With the bread of understanding shall she feed him, and give him the water of wisdom to drink.
15:4	He shall be stayed upon her, and shall not be moved; and shall rely upon her, and shall not be confounded.
15:5	She shall exalt him above his neighbours, and in the midst of the congregation shall she open his mouth.
15:6	He shall find joy and a crown of gladness, and she shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.
15:7	But foolish men shall not attain unto her, and sinners shall not see her.
15:8	For she is far from pride, and men that are liars cannot remember her.
15:9	Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord.
15:10	For praise shall be uttered in wisdom, and the Lord will prosper it.
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.
15:12	Say not thou, He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of the sinful man.
15:13	The Lord hateth all abomination; and they that fear God love it not.
15:14	He himself made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his counsel;
15:15	If thou wilt, to keep the commandments, and to perform acceptable faithfulness.
15:16	He hath set fire and water before thee: stretch forth thy hand unto whether thou wilt.
15:17	Before man is life and death; and whether him liketh shall be given him.
15:18	For the wisdom of the Lord is great, and he is mighty in power, and beholdeth all things:
15:19	And his eyes are upon them that fear him, and he knoweth every work of man.
15:20	He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, neither hath he given any man licence to sin.
21:1	My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more, but ask pardon for thy former sins.
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.
21:3	All iniquity is as a two edged sword, the wounds whereof cannot be healed.
21:4	To terrify and do wrong will waste riches: thus the house of proud men shall be made desolate.
21:5	A prayer out of a poor man’s mouth reacheth to the ears of God, and his judgment cometh speedily.
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.
21:7	An eloquent man is known far and near; but a man of understanding knoweth when he slippeth.
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.
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.
21:10	The way of sinners is made plain with stones, but at the end thereof is the pit of hell.
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.
21:12	He that is not wise will not be taught: but there is a wisdom which multiplieth bitterness.
21:13	The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood: and his counsel is like a pure fountain of life.
21:14	The inner parts of a fool are like a broken vessel, and he will hold no knowledge as long as he liveth.
21:15	If a skilful man hear a wise word, he will commend it, and add unto it: but as soon as one of no understanding heareth it, it displeaseth him, and he casteth it behind his back.
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.
21:17	They enquire at the mouth of the wise man in the congregation, and they shall ponder his words in their heart.
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.
21:19	Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
21:20	A fool lifteth up his voice with laughter; but a wise man doth scarce smile a little.
21:21	Learning is unto a wise man as an ornament of gold, and like a bracelet upon his right arm.
21:22	A foolish man’s foot is soon in his [neighbour’s] house: but a man of experience is ashamed of him.
21:23	A fool will peep in at the door into the house: but he that is well nurtured will stand without.
21:24	It is the rudeness of a man to hearken at the door: but a wise man will be grieved with the disgrace.
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.
21:26	The heart of fools is in their mouth: but the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
21:27	When the ungodly curseth Satan, he curseth his own soul.
21:28	A whisperer defileth his own soul, and is hated wheresoever he dwelleth.
27:1	Many have sinned for a small matter; and he that seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes away.
27:2	As a nail sticketh fast between the joinings of the stones; so doth sin stick close between buying and selling.
27:3	Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear of the Lord, his house shall soon be overthrown.
27:4	As when one sifteth with a sieve, the refuse remaineth; so the filth of man in his talk.
27:5	The furnace proveth the potter’s vessels; so the trial of man is in his reasoning.
27:6	The fruit declareth if the tree have been dressed; so is the utterance of a conceit in the heart of man.
27:7	Praise no man before thou hearest him speak; for this is the trial of men.
27:8	If thou followest righteousness, thou shalt obtain her, and put her on, as a glorious long robe.
27:9	The birds will resort unto their like; so will truth return unto them that practise in her.
27:10	As the lion lieth in wait for the prey; so sin for them that work iniquity.
27:11	The discourse of a godly man is always with wisdom; but a fool changeth as the moon.
27:12	If thou be among the indiscreet, observe the time; but be continually among men of understanding.
27:13	The discourse of fools is irksome, and their sport is the wantonness of sin.
27:14	The talk of him that sweareth much maketh the hair stand upright; and their brawls make one stop his ears.
27:15	The strife of the proud is bloodshedding, and their revilings are grievous to the ear.
27:16	Whoso discovereth secrets loseth his credit; and shall never find friend to his mind.
27:17	Love thy friend, and be faithful unto him: but if thou betrayest his secrets, follow no more after him.
27:18	For as a man hath destroyed his enemy; so hast thou lost the love of thy neighbor.
27:19	As one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and shalt not get him again
27:20	Follow after him no more, for he is too far off; he is as a roe escaped out of the snare.
27:21	As for a wound, it may be bound up; and after reviling there may be reconcilement: but he that betrayeth secrets is without hope.
27:22	He that winketh with the eyes worketh evil: and he that knoweth him will depart from him.
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.
27:24	I have hated many things, but nothing like him; for the Lord will hate him.
27:25	Whoso casteth a stone on high casteth it on his own head; and a deceitful stroke shall make wounds.
27:26	Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that setteth a trap shall be taken therein.
27:27	He that worketh mischief, it shall fall upon him, and he shall not know whence it cometh.
27:28	Mockery and reproach are from the proud; but vengeance, as a lion, shall lie in wait for them.
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.
27:30	Malice and wrath, even these are abominations; and the sinful man shall have them both.
28:1	He that revengeth shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins [in remembrance].
28:2	Forgive thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done unto thee, so shall thy sins also be forgiven when thou prayest.
28:3	One man beareth hatred against another, and doth he seek pardon from the Lord?
28:4	He sheweth no mercy to a man, which is like himself: and doth he ask forgiveness of his own sins?
28:5	If he that is but flesh nourish hatred, who will intreat for pardon of his sins?
28:6	Remember thy end, and let enmity cease; [remember] corruption and death, and abide in the commandments.
28:7	Remember the commandments, and bear no malice to thy neighbour: [remember] the covenant of the Highest, and wink at ignorance.
28:8	Abstain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins: for a furious man will kindle strife,
28:9	A sinful man disquieteth friends, and maketh debate among them that be at peace.
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.
28:11	An hasty contention kindleth a fire: and an hasty fighting sheddeth blood.
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.
28:13	Curse the whisperer and doubletongued: for such have destroyed many that were at peace.
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.
28:15	A backbiting tongue hath cast out virtuous women, and deprived them of their labours.
28:16	Whoso hearkeneth unto it shall never find rest, and never dwell quietly.
28:17	The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.
28:18	Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.
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.
28:20	For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron, and the bands thereof are bands of brass.
28:21	The death thereof is an evil death, the grave were better than it.
28:22	It shall not have rule over them that fear God, neither shall they be burned with the flame thereof.
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.
28:24	Look that thou hedge thy possession about with thorns, and bind up thy silver and gold,
28:25	And weigh thy words in a balance, and make a door and bar for thy mouth.
28:26	Beware thou slide not by it, lest thou fall before him that lieth in wait.
29:1	He that is merciful will lend unto his neighbour; and he that strengtheneth his hand keepeth the commandments.
29:2	Lend to thy neighbour in time of his need, and pay thou thy neighbour again in due season.
29:3	Keep thy word, and deal faithfully with him, and thou shalt always find the thing that is necessary for thee.
29:4	Many, when a thing was lent them, reckoned it to be found, and put them to trouble that helped them.
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.
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.
29:7	Many therefore have refused to lend for other men’s ill dealing, fearing to be defrauded.
29:8	Yet have thou patience with a man in poor estate, and delay not to shew him mercy.
29:9	Help the poor for the commandment’s sake, and turn him not away because of his poverty.
29:10	Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend, and let it not rust under a stone to be lost.
29:11	Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.
29:12	Shut up alms in thy storehouses: and it shall deliver thee from all affliction.
29:13	It shall fight for thee against thine enemies better than a mighty shield and strong spear.
29:14	An honest man is surety for his neighbour: but he that is impudent will forsake him.
29:15	Forget not the friendship of thy surety, for he hath given his life for thee.
29:16	A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety:
29:17	And he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him [in danger] that delivered him.
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.
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.
29:20	Help thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thyself fall not into the same.
29:21	The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and an house to cover shame.
29:22	Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man’s house.
29:23	Be it little or much, hold thee contented, that thou hear not the reproach of thy house.
29:24	For it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.
29:25	Thou shalt entertain, and feast, and have no thanks: moreover thou shalt hear bitter words:
29:26	Come, thou stranger, and furnish a table, and feed me of that thou hast ready.
29:27	Give place, thou stranger, to an honourable man; my brother cometh to be lodged, and I have need of mine house.
29:28	These things are grievous to a man of understanding; the upbraiding of houseroom, and reproaching of the lender.
30:1	He that loveth his son causeth him oft to feel the rod, that he may have joy of him in the end.
30:2	He that chastiseth his son shall have joy in him, and shall rejoice of him among his acquaintance.
30:3	He that teacheth his son grieveth the enemy: and before his friends he shall rejoice of him.
30:4	Though his father die, yet he is as though he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself.
30:5	While he lived, he saw and rejoiced in him: and when he died, he was not sorrowful.
30:6	He left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one that shall requite kindness to his friends.
30:7	He that maketh too much of his son shall bind up his wounds; and his bowels will be troubled at every cry.
30:8	An horse not broken becometh headstrong: and a child left to himself will be wilful.
30:9	Cocker thy child, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he will bring thee to heaviness.
30:10	Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow with him, and lest thou gnash thy teeth in the end.
30:11	Give him no liberty in his youth, and wink not at his follies.
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.
30:13	Chastise thy son, and hold him to labour, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence unto thee.
30:14	Better is the poor, being sound and strong of constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body.
30:15	Health and good estate of body are above all gold, and a strong body above infinite wealth.
30:16	There is no riches above a sound body, and no joy above the joy of the heart.
30:17	Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.
30:18	Delicates poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave.
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.
30:20	He seeth with his eyes and groaneth, as an eunuch that embraceth a virgin and sigheth.
30:21	Give not over thy mind to heaviness, and afflict not thyself in thine own counsel.
30:22	The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.
30:23	Love thine own soul, and comfort thy heart, remove sorrow far from thee: for sorrow hath killed many, and there is no profit therein.
30:24	Envy and wrath shorten the life, and carefulness bringeth age before the time.
30:25	A cheerful and good heart will have a care of his meat and diet.
31:1	Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.
31:2	Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep,
31:3	The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates.
31:4	The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth off, he is still needy.
31:5	He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof.
31:6	Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was present.
31:7	It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.
31:8	Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold.
31:9	Who is he? and we will call him blessed: for wonderful things hath he done among his people.
31:10	Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it?
31:11	His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his alms.
31:12	If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.
31:13	Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.
31:14	Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.
31:15	Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point.
31:16	Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour not, lest thou be hated.
31:17	Leave off first for manners’ sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.
31:18	When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.
31:19	A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.
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.
31:21	And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest.
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.
31:23	Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.
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.
31:25	Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many.
31:26	The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.
31:27	Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.
31:28	Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:
31:29	But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, with brawling and quarrelling.
31:30	Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.
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].
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.
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.
32:3	Speak, thou that art the elder, for it becometh thee, but with sound judgment; and hinder not musick.
32:4	Pour not out words where there is a musician, and shew not forth wisdom out of time.
32:5	A concert of musick in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold.
32:6	As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, so is the melody of musick with pleasant wine.
32:7	Speak, young man, if there be need of thee: and yet scarcely when thou art twice asked.
32:8	Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words; be as one that knoweth and yet holdeth his tongue.
32:9	If thou be among great men, make not thyself equal with them; and when ancient men are in place, use not many words.
32:10	Before the thunder goeth lightning; and before a shamefaced man shall go favour.
32:11	Rise up betimes, and be not the last; but get thee home without delay.
32:12	There take thy pastime, and do what thou wilt: but sin not by proud speech.
32:13	And for these things bless him that made thee, and hath replenished thee with his good things.
32:14	Whoso feareth the Lord will receive his discipline; and they that seek him early shall find favour.
32:15	He that seeketh the law shall be filled therewith: but the hypocrite will be offended thereat.
32:16	They that fear the Lord shall find judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light.
32:17	A sinful man will not be reproved, but findeth an excuse according to his will.
32:18	A man of counsel will be considerate; but a strange and proud man is not daunted with fear, even when of himself he hath done without counsel.
32:19	Do nothing without advice; and when thou hast once done, repent not.
32:20	Go not in a way wherein thou mayest fall, and stumble not among the stones.
32:21	Be not confident in a plain way.
32:22	And beware of thine own children.
32:23	In every good work trust thy own soul; for this is the keeping of the commandments.
32:24	He that believeth in the Lord taketh heed to the commandment; and he that trusteth in him shall fare never the worse.
34:1	The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.
34:2	Whoso regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
34:3	The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another, even as the likeness of a face to a face.
34:4	Of an unclean thing what can be cleansed? and from that thing which is false what truth can come?
34:5	Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain: and the heart fancieth, as a woman’s heart in travail.
34:6	If they be not sent from the most High in thy visitation, set not thy heart upon them.
34:7	For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them.
34:8	The law shall be found perfect without lies: and wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.
34:9	A man that hath travelled knoweth many things; and he that hath much experience will declare wisdom.
34:10	He that hath no experience knoweth little: but he that hath travelled is full of prudence.
34:11	When I travelled, I saw many things; and I understand more than I can express.
34:12	I was ofttimes in danger of death: yet I was delivered because of these things.
34:13	The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; for their hope is in him that saveth them.
34:14	Whoso feareth the Lord shall not fear nor be afraid; for he is his hope.
34:15	Blessed is the soul of him that feareth the Lord: to whom doth he look? and who is his strength?
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.
34:17	He raiseth up the soul, and lighteneth the eyes: he giveth health, life, and blessing.
34:18	He that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is ridiculous; and the gifts of unjust men are not accepted.
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.
34:20	Whoso bringeth an offering of the goods of the poor doeth as one that killeth the son before his father’s eyes.
34:21	The bread of the needy is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood.
34:22	He that taketh away his neighbour’s living slayeth him; and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder.
34:23	When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have they then but labour?
34:24	When one prayeth, and another curseth, whose voice will the Lord hear?
34:25	He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, what availeth his washing?
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?
35:1	He that keepeth the law bringeth offerings enough: he that taketh heed to the commandment offereth a peace offering.
35:2	He that requiteth a goodturn offereth fine flour; and he that giveth alms sacrificeth praise.
35:3	To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord; and to forsake unrighteousness is a propitiation.
35:4	Thou shalt not appear empty before the Lord.
35:5	For all these things [are to be done] because of the commandment.
35:6	The offering of the righteous maketh the altar fat, and the sweet savour thereof is before the most High.
35:7	The sacrifice of a just man is acceptable. and the memorial thereof shall never be forgotten.
35:8	Give the Lord his honour with a good eye, and diminish not the firstfruits of thine hands.
35:9	In all thy gifts shew a cheerful countenance, and dedicate thy tithes with gladness.
35:10	Give unto the most High according as he hath enriched thee; and as thou hast gotten, give with a cheerful eye.
35:11	For the Lord recompenseth, and will give thee seven times as much.
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.
35:13	He will not accept any person against a poor man, but will hear the prayer of the oppressed.
35:14	He will not despise the supplication of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.
35:15	Do not the tears run down the widow’s cheeks? and is not her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
35:16	He that serveth the Lord shall be accepted with favour, and his prayer shall reach unto the clouds.
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.
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;
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.
35:20	Mercy is seasonable in the time of affliction, as clouds of rain in the time of drought.
36:1	Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:
36:2	And send thy fear upon all the nations that seek not after thee.
36:3	Lift up thy hand against the strange nations, and let them see thy power.
36:4	As thou wast sanctified in us before them: so be thou magnified among them before us.
36:5	And let them know thee, as we have known thee, that there is no God but only thou, O God.
36:6	Shew new signs, and make other strange wonders: glorify thy hand and thy right arm, that they may set forth thy wondrous works.
36:7	Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath: take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.
36:8	Make the time short, remember the covenant, and let them declare thy wonderful works.
36:9	Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire; and let them perish that oppress the people.
36:10	Smite in sunder the heads of the rulers of the heathen, that say, There is none other but we.
36:11	Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, and inherit thou them, as from the beginning.
36:12	O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by thy name, and upon Israel, whom thou hast named thy firstborn.
36:13	O be merciful unto Jerusalem, thy holy city, the place of thy rest.
36:14	Fill Sion with thine unspeakable oracles, and thy people with thy glory:
36:15	Give testimony unto those that thou hast possessed from the beginning, and raise up prophets that have been in thy name.
36:16	Reward them that wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found faithful.
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.
36:18	The belly devoureth all meats, yet is one meat better than another.
36:19	As the palate tasteth divers kinds of venison: so doth an heart of understanding false speeches.
36:20	A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.
36:21	A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.
36:22	The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.
36:23	If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.
36:24	He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.
36:25	Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.
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?
37:1	Every friend saith, I am his friend also: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.
37:2	Is it not a grief unto death, when a companion and friend is turned to an enemy?
37:3	O wicked imagination, whence camest thou in to cover the earth with deceit?
37:4	There is a companion, which rejoiceth in the prosperity of a friend, but in the time of trouble will be against him.
37:5	There is a companion, which helpeth his friend for the belly, and taketh up the buckler against the enemy.
37:6	Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in thy riches.
37:7	Every counsellor extolleth counsel; but there is some that counselleth for himself.
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,
37:9	And say unto thee, Thy way is good: and afterward he stand on the other side, to see what shall befall thee.
37:10	Consult not with one that suspecteth thee: and hide thy counsel from such as envy thee.
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.
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.
37:13	And let the counsel of thine own heart stand: for there is no man more faithful unto thee than it.
37:14	For a man’s mind is sometime wont to tell him more than seven watchmen, that sit above in an high tower.
37:15	And above all this pray to the most High, that he will direct thy way in truth.
37:16	Let reason go before every enterprize, and counsel before every action.
37:17	The countenance is a sign of changing of the heart.
37:18	Four manner of things appear: good and evil, life and death: but the tongue ruleth over them continually.
37:19	There is one that is wise and teacheth many, and yet is unprofitable to himself.
37:20	There is one that sheweth wisdom in words, and is hated: he shall be destitute of all food.
37:21	For grace is not given, him from the Lord, because he is deprived of all wisdom.
37:22	Another is wise to himself; and the fruits of understanding are commendable in his mouth.
37:23	A wise man instructeth his people; and the fruits of his understanding fail not.
37:24	A wise man shall be filled with blessing; and all they that see him shall count him happy.
37:25	The days of the life of man may be numbered: but the days of Israel are innumerable.
37:26	A wise man shall inherit glory among his people, and his name shall be perpetual.
37:27	My son, prove thy soul in thy life, and see what is evil for it, and give not that unto it.
37:28	For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath every soul pleasure in every thing.
37:29	Be not unsatiable in any dainty thing, nor too greedy upon meats:
37:30	For excess of meats bringeth sickness, and surfeiting will turn into choler.
37:31	By surfeiting have many perished; but he that taketh heed prolongeth his life.
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.
38:2	For of the most High cometh healing, and he shall receive honour of the king.
38:3	The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.
38:4	The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.
38:5	Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
38:6	And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works.
38:7	With such doth he heal [men], and taketh away their pains.
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,
38:9	My son, in thy sickness be not negligent: but pray unto the Lord, and he will make thee whole.
38:10	Leave off from sin, and order thine hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all wickedness.
38:11	Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being.
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.
38:13	There is a time when in their hands there is good success.
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.
38:15	He that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of the physician.
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.
38:17	Weep bitterly, and make great moan, and use lamentation, as he is worthy, and that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: and then comfort thyself for thy heaviness.
38:18	For of heaviness cometh death, and the heaviness of the heart breaketh strength.
38:19	In affliction also sorrow remaineth: and the life of the poor is the curse of the heart.
38:20	Take no heaviness to heart: drive it away, and remember the last end.
38:21	Forget it not, for there is no turning again: thou shalt not do him good, but hurt thyself.
38:22	Remember my judgment: for thine also shall be so; yesterday for me, and to day for thee.
38:23	When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest; and be comforted for him, when his Spirit is departed from him.
38:24	The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.
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?
38:26	He giveth his mind to make furrows; and is diligent to give the kine fodder.
38:27	So every carpenter and workmaster, that laboureth night and day: and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, and give themselves to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish a work:
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:
38:29	So doth the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is alway carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number;
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:
38:31	All these trust to their hands: and every one is wise in his work.
38:32	Without these cannot a city be inhabited: and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down:
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.
38:34	But they will maintain the state of the world, and [all] their desire is in the work of their craft.
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.
39:2	He will keep the sayings of the renowned men: and where subtil parables are, he will be there also.
39:3	He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, and be conversant in dark parables.
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.
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.
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.
39:7	He shall direct his counsel and knowledge, and in his secrets shall he meditate.
39:8	He shall shew forth that which he hath learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.
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.
39:10	Nations shall shew forth his wisdom, and the congregation shall declare his praise.
39:11	If he die, he shall leave a greater name than a thousand: and if he live, he shall increase it.
39:12	Yet have I more to say, which I have thought upon; for I am filled as the moon at the full.
39:13	Hearken unto me, ye holy children, and bud forth as a rose growing by the brook of the field:
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.
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:
39:16	All the works of the Lord are exceeding good, and whatsoever he commandeth shall be accomplished in due season.
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.
39:18	At his commandment is done whatsoever pleaseth him; and none can hinder, when he will save.
39:19	The works of all flesh are before him, and nothing can be hid from his eyes.
39:20	He seeth from everlasting to everlasting; and there is nothing wonderful before him.
39:21	A man need not to say, What is this? wherefore is that? for he hath made all things for their uses.
39:22	His blessing covered the dry land as a river, and watered it as a flood.
39:23	As he hath turned the waters into saltness: so shall the heathen inherit his wrath.
39:24	As his ways are plain unto the holy; so are they stumblingblocks unto the wicked.
39:25	For the good are good things created from the beginning: so evil things for sinners.
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.
39:27	All these things are for good to the godly: so to the sinners they are turned into evil.
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.
39:29	Fire, and hail, and famine, and death, all these were created for vengeance;
39:30	Teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions, serpents, and the sword punishing the wicked to destruction.
39:31	They shall rejoice in his commandment, and they shall be ready upon earth, when need is; and when their time is come, they shall not transgress his word.
39:32	Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and thought upon these things, and have left them in writing.
39:33	All the works of the Lord are good: and he will give every needful thing in due season.
39:34	So that a man cannot say, This is worse than that: for in time they shall all be well approved.
39:35	And therefore praise ye the Lord with the whole heart and mouth, and bless the name of the Lord.
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.
40:2	Their imagination of things to come, and the day of death, [trouble] their thoughts, and [cause] fear of heart;
40:3	From him that sitteth on a throne of glory, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes;
40:4	From him that weareth purple and a crown, unto him that is clothed with a linen frock.
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.
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.
40:7	When all is safe, he awaketh, and marvelleth that the fear was nothing.
40:8	[Such things happen] unto all flesh, both man and beast, and that is sevenfold more upon sinners.
40:9	Death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, calamities, famine, tribulation, and the scourge;
40:10	These things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood.
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.
40:12	All bribery and injustice shall be blotted out: but true dealing shall endure for ever.
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.
40:14	While he openeth his hand he shall rejoice: so shall transgressors come to nought.
40:15	The children of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches: but are as unclean roots upon a hard rock.
40:16	The weed growing upon every water and bank of a river shall be pulled up before all grass.
40:17	Bountifulness is as a most fruitful garden, and mercifulness endureth for ever.
40:18	To labour, and to be content with that a man hath, is a sweet life: but he that findeth a treasure is above them both.
40:19	Children and the building of a city continue a man’s name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both.
40:20	Wine and musick rejoice the heart: but the love of wisdom is above them both.
40:21	The pipe and the psaltery make sweet melody: but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
40:22	Thine eye desireth favour and beauty: but more than both corn while it is green.
40:23	A friend and companion never meet amiss: but above both is a wife with her husband.
40:24	Brethren and help are against time of trouble: but alms shall deliver more than them both.
40:25	Gold and silver make the foot stand sure: but counsel is esteemed above them both.
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.
40:27	The fear of the Lord is a fruitful garden, and covereth him above all glory.
40:28	My son, lead not a beggar’s life; for better it is to die than to beg.
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.
40:30	Begging is sweet in the mouth of the shameless: but in his belly there shall burn a fire.
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!
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!
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.
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.
41:5	The children of sinners are abominable children, and they that are conversant in the dwelling of the ungodly.
41:6	The inheritance of sinners’ children shall perish, and their posterity shall have a perpetual reproach.
41:7	The children will complain of an ungodly father, because they shall be reproached for his sake.
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:
41:9	And if ye be born, ye shall be born to a curse: and if ye die, a curse shall be your portion.
41:10	All that are of the earth shall turn to earth again: so the ungodly shall go from a curse to destruction.
41:11	The mourning of men is about their bodies: but an ill name of sinners shall be blotted out.
41:12	Have regard to thy name; for that shall continue with thee above a thousand great treasures of gold.
41:13	A good life hath but few days: but a good name endureth for ever.
41:14	My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both?
41:15	A man that hideth his foolishness is better than a man that hideth his wisdom.
41:16	Therefore be shamefaced according to my word: for it is not good to retain all shamefacedness; neither is it altogether approved in every thing.
41:17	Be ashamed of whoredom before father and mother: and of a lie before a prince and a mighty man;
41:18	Of an offence before a judge and ruler; of iniquity before a congregation and people; of unjust dealing before thy partner and friend;
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;
41:20	And of silence before them that salute thee; and to look upon an harlot;
41:21	And to turn away thy face from thy kinsman; or to take away a portion or a gift; or to gaze upon another man’s wife.
41:22	Or to be overbusy with his maid, and come not near her bed; or of upbraiding speeches before friends; and after thou hast given, upbraid not;
41:23	Or of iterating and speaking again that which thou hast heard; and of revealing of secrets.
41:24	So shalt thou be truly shamefaced and find favour before all men.
42:1	Of these things be not thou ashamed, and accept no person to sin thereby:
42:2	Of the law of the most High, and his covenant; and of judgment to justify the ungodly;
42:3	Of reckoning with thy partners and travellers; or of the gift of the heritage of friends;
42:4	Of exactness of balance and weights; or of getting much or little;
42:5	And of merchants’ indifferent selling; of much correction of children; and to make the side of an evil servant to bleed.
42:6	Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; and shut up, where many hands are.
42:7	Deliver all things in number and weight; and put all in writing that thou givest out, or receivest in.
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.
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:
42:10	In her virginity, lest she should be defiled and gotten with child in her father’s house; and having an husband, lest she should misbehave herself; and when she is married, lest she should be barren.
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.
42:12	Behold not every body’s beauty, and sit not in the midst of women.
42:13	For from garments cometh a moth, and from women wickedness.
42:14	Better is the churlishness of a man than a courteous woman, a woman, I say, which bringeth shame and reproach.
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.
42:16	The sun that giveth light looketh upon all things, and the work thereof is full of the glory of the Lord.
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.
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.
42:19	He declareth the things that are past, and for to come, and revealeth the steps of hidden things.
42:20	No thought escapeth him, neither any word is hidden from him.
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.
42:22	Oh how desirable are all his works! and that a man may see even to a spark.
42:23	All these things live and remain for ever for all uses, and they are all obedient.
42:24	All things are double one against another: and he hath made nothing imperfect.
42:25	One thing establisheth the good or another: and who shall be filled with beholding his glory?
43:1	The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious shew;
43:2	The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High:
43:3	At noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof?
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.
43:5	Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment runneth hastily.
43:6	He made the moon also to serve in her season for a declaration of times, and a sign of the world.
43:7	From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.
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;
43:9	The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.
43:10	At the commandment of the Holy One they will stand in their order, and never faint in their watches.
43:11	Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof.
43:12	It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it.
43:13	By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall aplace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
43:14	Through this the treasures are opened: and clouds fly forth as fowls.
43:15	By his great power he maketh the clouds firm, and the hailstones are broken small.
43:16	At his sight the mountains are shaken, and at his will the south wind bloweth.
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:
43:18	The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.
43:19	The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp stakes.
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.
43:21	It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire.
43:22	A present remedy of all is a mist coming speedily, a dew coming after heat refresheth.
43:23	By his counsel he appeaseth the deep, and planteth islands therein.
43:24	They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat.
43:25	For therein be strange and wondrous works, variety of all kinds of beasts and whales created.
43:26	By him the end of them hath prosperous success, and by his word all things consist.
43:27	We may speak much, and yet come short: wherefore in sum, he is all.
43:28	How shall we be able to magnify him? for he is great above all his works.
43:29	The Lord is terrible and very great, and marvellous is his power.
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.
43:31	Who hath seen him, that he might tell us? and who can magnify him as he is?
43:32	There are yet hid greater things than these be, for we have seen but a few of his works.
43:33	For the Lord hath made all things; and to the godly hath he given wisdom.
44:1	Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.
44:2	The Lord hath wrought great glory by them through his great power from the beginning.
44:3	Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms, men renowned for their power, giving counsel by their understanding, and declaring prophecies:
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:
44:5	Such as found out musical tunes, and recited verses in writing:
44:6	Rich men furnished with ability, living peaceably in their habitations:
44:7	All these were honoured in their generations, and were the glory of their times.
44:8	There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported.
44:9	And some there be, which have no memorial; who are perished, as though they had never been; and are become as though they had never been born; and their children after them.
44:10	But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten.
44:11	With their seed shall continually remain a good inheritance, and their children are within the covenant.
44:12	Their seed standeth fast, and their children for their sakes.
44:13	Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out.
44:14	Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.
44:15	The people will tell of their wisdom, and the congregation will shew forth their praise.
44:16	Enoch pleased the Lord, and was translated, being an example of repentance to all generations.
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.
44:18	An everlasting covenant was made with him, that all flesh should perish no more by the flood.
44:19	Abraham was a great father of many people: in glory was there none like unto him;
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.
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.
44:22	With Isaac did he establish likewise [for Abraham his father’s sake] the blessing of all men, and the covenant,
44:23	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.
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.
45:2	He made him like to the glorious saints, and magnified him, so that his enemies stood in fear of him.
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.
45:4	He sanctified him in his faithfuless and meekness, and chose him out of all men.
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.
45:6	He exalted Aaron, an holy man like unto him, even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.
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.
45:8	He put upon him perfect glory; and strengthened him with rich garments, with breeches, with a long robe, and the ephod.
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;
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;
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.
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.
45:13	Before him there were none such, neither did ever any stranger put them on, but only his children and his children’s children perpetually.
45:14	Their sacrifices shall be wholly consumed every day twice continually.
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.
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.
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.
45:18	Strangers conspired together against him, and maligned him in the wilderness, even the men that were of Dathan’s and Abiron’s side, and the congregation of Core, with fury and wrath.
45:19	This the Lord saw, and it displeased him, and in his wrathful indignation were they consumed: he did wonders upon them, to consume them with the fiery flame.
45:20	But he made Aaron more honourable, and gave him an heritage, and divided unto him the firstfruits of the increase; especially he prepared bread in abundance:
45:21	For they eat of the sacrifices of the Lord, which he gave unto him and his seed.
45:22	Howbeit in the land of the people he had no inheritance, neither had he any portion among the people: for the Lord himself is his portion and inheritance.
45:23	The third in glory is Phinees the son of Eleazar, because he had zeal in the fear of the Lord, and stood up with good courage of heart: when the people were turned back, and made reconciliation for Israel.
45:24	Therefore was there a covenant of peace made with him, that he should be the chief of the sanctuary and of his people, and that he and his posterity should have the dignity of the priesthood for ever:
45:25	According to the covenant made with David son of Jesse, of the tribe of Juda, that the inheritance of the king should be to his posterity alone: so the inheritance of Aaron should also be unto his seed.
45:26	God give you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness, that their good things be not abolished, and that their glory may endure for ever.
46:1	Jesus the son a Nave was valiant in the wars, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies, who according to his name was made great for the saving of the elect of God, and taking vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, that he might set Israel in their inheritance.
46:2	How great glory gat he, when he did lift up his hands, and stretched out his sword against the cities!
46:3	Who before him so stood to it? for the Lord himself brought his enemies unto him.
46:4	Did not the sun go back by his means? and was not one day as long as two?
46:5	He called upon the most high Lord, when the enemies pressed upon him on every side; and the great Lord heard him.
46:6	And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battle to fall violently upon the nations, and in the descent [of Beth-horon] he destroyed them that resisted, that the nations might know all their strength, because he fought in the sight of the Lord, and he followed the Mighty One.
46:7	In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephunne, in that they withstood the congregation, and withheld the people from sin, and appeased the wicked murmuring.
46:8	And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two were preserved to bring them in to the heritage, even unto the land that floweth with milk and honey.
46:9	The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, which remained with him unto his old age: so that he entered upon the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an heritage:
46:10	That all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
46:11	And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory be blessed.
46:12	Let their bones flourish out of their place, and let the name of them that were honoured be continued upon their children.
46:13	Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord, established a kingdom, and anointed princes over his people.
46:14	By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord had respect unto Jacob.
46:15	By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet, and by his word he was known to be faithful in vision.
46:16	He called upon the mighty Lord, when his enemies pressed upon him on every side, when he offered the sucking lamb.
46:17	And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
46:18	And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians, and all the princes of the Philistines.
46:19	And before his long sleep he made protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a shoe: and no man did accuse him.
46:20	And after his death he prophesied, and shewed the king his end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.
47:1	And after him rose up Nathan to prophesy in the time of David.
47:2	As is the fat taken away from the peace offering, so was David chosen out of the children of Israel.
47:3	He played with lions as with kids, and with bears as with lambs.
47:4	Slew he not a giant, when he was yet but young? and did he not take away reproach from the people, when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling, and beat down the boasting of Goliath?
47:5	For he called upon the most high Lord; and he gave him strength in his right hand to slay that mighty warrior, and set up the horn of his people.
47:6	So the people honoured him with ten thousands, and praised him in the blessings of the Lord, in that he gave him a crown of glory.
47:7	For he destroyed the enemies on every side, and brought to nought the Philistines his adversaries, and brake their horn in sunder unto this day.
47:8	In all his works he praised the Holy One most high with words of glory; with his whole heart he sung songs, and loved him that made him.
47:9	He set singers also before the altar, that by their voices they might make sweet melody, and daily sing praises in their songs.
47:10	He beautified their feasts, and set in order the solemn times until the end, that they might praise his holy name, and that the temple might sound from morning.
47:11	The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn for ever: he gave him a covenant of kings, and a throne of glory in Israel.
47:12	After him rose up a wise son, and for his sake he dwelt at large.
47:13	Solomon reigned in a peaceable time, and was honoured; for God made all quiet round about him, that he might build an house in his name, and prepare his sanctuary for ever.
47:14	How wise wast thou in thy youth and, as a flood, filled with understanding!
47:15	Thy soul covered the whole earth, and thou filledst it with dark parables.
47:16	Thy name went far unto the islands; and for thy peace thou wast beloved.
47:17	The countries marvelled at thee for thy songs, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations.
47:18	By the name of the Lord God, which is called the Lord God of Israel, thou didst gather gold as tin and didst multiply silver as lead.
47:19	Thou didst bow thy loins unto women, and by thy body thou wast brought into subjection.
47:20	Thou didst stain thy honour, and pollute thy seed: so that thou broughtest wrath upon thy children, and wast grieved for thy folly.
47:21	So the kingdom was divided, and out of Ephraim ruled a rebellious kingdom.
47:22	But the Lord will never leave off his mercy, neither shall any of his works perish, neither will he abolish the posterity of his elect, and the seed of him that loveth him he will not take away: wherefore he gave a remnant unto Jacob, and out of him a root unto David.
47:23	Thus rested Solomon with his fathers, and of his seed he left behind him Roboam, even the foolishness of the people, and one that had no understanding, who turned away the people through his counsel. There was also Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, and shewed Ephraim the way of sin:
47:24	And their sins were multiplied exceedingly, that they were driven out of the land.
47:25	For they sought out all wickedness, till the vengeance came upon them.
48:1	Then stood up Elias the prophet as fire, and his word burned like a lamp.
48:2	He brought a sore famine upon them, and by his zeal he diminished their number.
48:3	By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and also three times brought down fire.
48:4	O Elias, how wast thou honoured in thy wondrous deeds! and who may glory like unto thee!
48:5	Who didst raise up a dead man from death, and his soul from the place of the dead, by the word of the most High:
48:6	Who broughtest kings to destruction, and honorable men from their bed:
48:7	Who heardest the rebuke of the Lord in Sinai, and in Horeb the judgment of vengeance:
48:8	Who annointedst kings to take revenge, and prophets to succeed after him:
48:9	Who was taken up in a whirlwind of fire, and in a chariot of fiery horses:
48:10	Who wast ordained for reproofs in their times, to pacify the wrath of the Lord’s judgment, before it brake forth into fury, and to turn the heart of the father unto the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
48:11	Blessed are they that saw thee, and slept in love; for we shall surely live.
48:12	Elias it was, who was covered with a whirlwind: and Eliseus was filled with his spirit: whilst he lived, he was not moved with the presence of any prince, neither could any bring him into subjection.
48:13	No word could overcome him; and after his death his body prophesied.
48:14	He did wonders in his life, and at his death were his works marvellous.
48:15	For all this the people repented not, neither departed they from their sins, till they were spoiled and carried out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth: yet there remained a small people, and a ruler in the house of David:
48:16	Of whom some did that which was pleasing to God, and some multiplied sins.
48:17	Ezekias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof: he digged the hard rock with iron, and made wells for waters.
48:18	In his time Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against Sion, and boasted proudly.
48:19	Then trembled their hearts and hands, and they were in pain, as women in travail.
48:20	But they called upon the Lord which is merciful, and stretched out their hands toward him: and immediately the Holy One heard them out of heaven, and delivered them by the ministry of Esay.
48:21	He smote the host of the Assyrians, and his angel destroyed them.
48:22	For Ezekias had done the thing that pleased the Lord, and was strong in the ways of David his father, as Esay the prophet, who was great and faithful in his vision, had commanded him.
48:23	In his time the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king’s life.
48:24	He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the last, and he comforted them that mourned in Sion.
48:25	He shewed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things or ever they came.
49:1	The remembrance of Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as musick at a banquet of wine.
49:2	He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
49:3	He directed his heart unto the Lord, and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.
49:4	All, except David and Ezekias and Josias, were defective: for they forsook the law of the most High, even the kings of Juda failed.
49:5	Therefore he gave their power unto others, and their glory to a strange nation.
49:6	They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremias.
49:7	For they entreated him evil, who nevertheless was a prophet, sanctified in his mother’s womb, that he might root out, and afflict, and destroy; and that he might build up also, and plant.
49:8	It was Ezekiel who saw the glorious vision, which was shewed him upon the chariot of the cherubims.
49:9	For he made mention of the enemies under the figure of the rain, and directed them that went right.
49:10	And of the twelve prophets let the memorial be blessed, and let their bones flourish again out of their place: for they comforted Jacob, and delivered them by assured hope.
49:11	How shall we magnify Zorobabel? even he was as a signet on the right hand:
49:12	So was Jesus the son of Josedec: who in their time builded the house, and set up an holy temple to the Lord, which was prepared for everlasting glory.
49:13	And among the elect was Neemias, whose renown is great, who raised up for us the walls that were fallen, and set up the gates and the bars, and raised up our ruins again.
49:14	But upon the earth was no man created like Enoch; for he was taken from the earth.
49:15	Neither was there a young man born like Joseph, a governor of his brethren, a stay of the people, whose bones were regarded of the Lord.
49:16	Sem and Seth were in great honour among men, and so was Adam above every living thing in creation.
50:1	Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house again, and in his days fortified the temple:
50:2	And by him was built from the foundation the double height, the high fortress of the wall about the temple:
50:3	In his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
50:4	He took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:
50:5	How was he honoured in the midst of the people in his coming out of the sanctuary!
50:6	He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full:
50:7	As the sun shining upon the temple of the most High, and as the rainbow giving light in the bright clouds:
50:8	And as the flower of roses in the spring of the year, as lilies by the rivers of waters, and as the branches of the frankincense tree in the time of summer:
50:9	As fire and incense in the censer, and as a vessel of beaten gold set with all manner of precious stones:
50:10	And as a fair olive tree budding forth fruit, and as a cypress tree which groweth up to the clouds.
50:11	When he put on the robe of honour, and was clothed with the perfection of glory, when he went up to the holy altar, he made the garment of holiness honourable.
50:12	When he took the portions out of the priests’ hands, he himself stood by the hearth of the altar, compassed about, as a young cedar in Libanus; and as palm trees compassed they him round about.
50:13	So were all the sons of Aaron in their glory, and the oblations of the Lord in their hands, before all the congregation of Israel.
50:14	And finishing the service at the altar, that he might adorn the offering of the most high Almighty,
50:15	He stretched out his hand to the cup, and poured of the blood of the grape, he poured out at the foot of the altar a sweetsmelling savour unto the most high King of all.
50:16	Then shouted the sons of Aaron, and sounded the silver trumpets, and made a great noise to be heard, for a remembrance before the most High.
50:17	Then all the people together hasted, and fell down to the earth upon their faces to worship their Lord God Almighty, the most High.
50:18	The singers also sang praises with their voices, with great variety of sounds was there made sweet melody.
50:19	And the people besought the Lord, the most High, by prayer before him that is merciful, till the solemnity of the Lord was ended, and they had finished his service.
50:20	Then he went down, and lifted up his hands over the whole congregation of the children of Israel, to give the blessing of the Lord with his lips, and to rejoice in his name.
50:21	And they bowed themselves down to worship the second time, that they might receive a blessing from the most High.
50:22	Now therefore bless ye the God of all, which only doeth wondrous things every where, which exalteth our days from the womb, and dealeth with us according to his mercy.
50:23	He grant us joyfulness of heart, and that peace may be in our days in Israel for ever:
50:24	That he would confirm his mercy with us, and deliver us at his time!
50:25	There be two manner of nations which my heart abhorreth, and the third is no nation:
50:26	They that sit upon the mountain of Samaria, and they that dwell among the Philistines, and that foolish people that dwell in Sichem.
50:27	Jesus the son of Sirach of Jerusalem hath written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge, who out of his heart poured forth wisdom.
50:28	Blessed is he that shall be exercised in these things; and he that layeth them up in his heart shall become wise.
50:29	For if he do them, he shall be strong to all things: for the light of the Lord leadeth him, who giveth wisdom to the godly. Blessed be the name of the Lord for ever. Amen, Amen.
51:1	I will thank thee, O Lord and King, and praise thee, O God my Saviour: I do give praise unto thy name:
51:2	For thou art my defender and helper, and has preserved my body from destruction, and from the snare of the slanderous tongue, and from the lips that forge lies, and has been mine helper against mine adversaries:
51:3	And hast delivered me, according to the multitude of thy mercies and greatness of thy name, from the teeth of them that were ready to devour me, and out of the hands of such as sought after my life, and from the manifold afflictions which I had;
51:4	From the choking of fire on every side, and from the midst of the fire which I kindled not;
51:5	From the depth of the belly of hell, from an unclean tongue, and from lying words.
51:6	By an accusation to the king from an unrighteous tongue my soul drew near even unto death, my life was near to the hell beneath.
51:7	They compassed me on every side, and there was no man to help me: I looked for the succour of men, but there was none.
51:8	Then thought I upon thy mercy, O Lord, and upon thy acts of old, how thou deliverest such as wait for thee, and savest them out of the hands of the enemies.
51:9	Then lifted I up my supplications from the earth, and prayed for deliverance from death.
51:10	I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the days of my trouble, and in the time of the proud, when there was no help.
51:11	I will praise thy name continually, and will sing praises with thanksgiving; and so my prayer was heard:
51:12	For thou savedst me from destruction, and deliveredst me from the evil time: therefore will I give thanks, and praise thee, and bless they name, O Lord.
51:13	When I was yet young, or ever I went abroad, I desired wisdom openly in my prayer.
51:14	I prayed for her before the temple, and will seek her out even to the end.
51:15	Even from the flower till the grape was ripe hath my heart delighted in her: my foot went the right way, from my youth up sought I after her.
51:16	I bowed down mine ear a little, and received her, and gat much learning.
51:17	I profited therein, therefore will I ascribe glory unto him that giveth me wisdom.
51:18	For I purposed to do after her, and earnestly I followed that which is good; so shall I not be confounded.
51:19	My soul hath wrestled with her, and in my doings I was exact: I stretched forth my hands to the heaven above, and bewailed my ignorances of her.
51:20	I directed my soul unto her, and I found her in pureness: I have had my heart joined with her from the beginning, therefore shall I not be foresaken.
51:21	My heart was troubled in seeking her: therefore have I gotten a good possession.
51:22	The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward, and I will praise him therewith.
51:23	Draw near unto me, ye unlearned, and dwell in the house of learning.
51:24	Wherefore are ye slow, and what say ye to these things, seeing your souls are very thirsty?
51:25	I opened my mouth, and said, Buy her for yourselves without money.
51:26	Put your neck under the yoke, and let your soul receive instruction: she is hard at hand to find.
51:27	Behold with your eyes, how that I have but little labour, and have gotten unto me much rest.
51:28	Get learning with a great sum of money, and get much gold by her.
51:29	Let your soul rejoice in his mercy, and be not ashamed of his praise.
51:30	Work your work betimes, and in his time he will give you your reward.

== Septuagint (Greek) (LXX)
Greek Septuagint as printed by Brenton (1851), public domain. Text from eBible.org

1:1	ΠΟΛΛΩΝ καὶ μεγάλων ἡμῖν διὰ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν κατʼ αὐτοὺς ἠκολουθηκότων δεδομένων. ὑπὲρ ὧν δέον ἐστὶν ἐπαινεῖν τὸν Ἰσραὴλ παιδείας καὶ σοφίας, καὶ ὡς οὐ μόνον αὐτοὺς τοὺς ἀναγινώσκοντας δέον ἐστὶν ἐπιστήμονας γίνεσθαι,
1:2	Ἄμμον θαλασσῶν καὶ σταγόνας ὑετοῦ καὶ ἡμέρας αἰῶνος τίς ἐξαριθμήσει;
1:3	Ὕψος οὐρανοῦ καὶ πλάτος γῆς καὶ ἄβυσσον καὶ σοφίαν τίς ἐξιχνιάσει;
1:4	Προτέρα πάντων ἔκτισται σοφία, καὶ σύνεσις φρονήσεως ἐξ αἰῶνος.
1:6	Ῥίζα σοφίας τίνι ἀπεκαλύφθη; καὶ τὰ πανουργεύματα αὐτῆς τίς ἔγνω;
1:8	Εἷς ἐστι σοφὸς φοβερὸς σφόδρα καθήμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ·
1:9	Κύριος αὐτὸς ἔκτισεν αὐτὴν, καὶ εἶδε καὶ ἐξηρίθμησεν αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐξέχεεν αὐτὴν ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.
1:10	Μετὰ πάσης σαρκὸς κατὰ τὴν δόσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐχορήγησεν αὐτὴν τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν·
1:11	Φόβος Κυρίου δόξα καὶ καύχημα καὶ εὐφροσύνη καὶ στέφανος ἀγαλλιάματος.
1:12	Φόβος Κυρίου τέρψει καρδίαν, καὶ δώσει εὐφροσύνην καὶ χαρὰν καὶ μακροημέρευσιν.
1:13	Τῷ φοβουμένῳ τὸν Κύριον εὖ ἔσται ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τελευτῆς αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει χάριν.
1:14	Αρχὴ σοφίας φοβεῖσθαι τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ μετὰ πιστῶν ἐν μήτρᾳ συνεκτίσθη αὐτοῖς.
1:15	Καὶ μετὰ ἀνθρώπων θεμέλιον αἰῶνος ἐνόσσευσε, καὶ μετὰ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτῶν ἐμπιστευθήσεται.
1:16	Πλησμονὴ σοφίας φοβεῖσθαι τὸν Κύριον, καὶ μεθύσκει αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῆς.
1:17	Πάντα τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς ἐμπλήσει ἐπιθυμημάτων, καὶ τὰ ἀποδοχεῖα ἀπὸ τῶν γεννημάτων αὐτῆς.
1:18	Στέφανος σοφίας φόβος Κυρίου, ἀναθάλλων εἰρήνην καὶ ὑγίειαν ἰάσεως·
1:19	ἐπιστήμην καὶ γνῶσιν συνέσεως ἐξώμβρησε, καὶ δόξαν κρατούντων αὐτῆς ἀνύψωσε.
1:20	Ῥίζα σοφίας φοβεῖσθαι τὸν Κύριον, καὶ οἱ κλάδοι αὐτῆς μακροημέρευσις.
1:22	Οὐ δυνήσεται θυμὸς ἄδικος δικαιωθῆναι· ἡ γὰρ ῥοπὴ τοῦ θυμοῦ αὐτοῦ πτῶσις αὐτῷ.
1:23	Ἕως καιροῦ ἀνθέξεται μακρόθυμος, καὶ ὕστερον αὐτῷ ἀναδώσει εὐφροσύνη.
1:24	Ἕως καιροῦ κρύψει τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ, καὶ χείλη πιστῶν ἐκδιηγήσεται σύνεσιν αὐτοῦ.
1:25	Ἐν θησαυροῖς σοφίας παραβολὴ ἐπιστήμης, βδέλυγμα δὲ ἁμαρτωλῷ θεοσέβεια.
1:26	Ἐπεθύμησας σοφίαν, διατήρησον ἐντολὰς, καὶ Κύριος χορηγήσει σοι αὐτήν.
1:27	Σοφία γὰρ καὶ παιδεία φόβος Κυρίου, καὶ ἡ εὐδοκία αὐτοῦ πίστις καὶ πρᾳότης.
1:28	Μὴ ἀπειθήσῃς φόβῳ Κυρίου, καὶ μὴ προσέλθῃς αὐτῷ ἐν καρδίᾳ δισσῇ.
1:29	Μὴ ὑποκριθῇς ἐν στόμασιν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἐν τοῖς χείλεσί σου πρόσεχε.
1:30	Μὴ ἐξύψου σεαυτὸν, ἵνα μὴ πέσῃς, καὶ ἐπαγάγῃς τῇ ψυχῇ σου ἀτιμίαν· καὶ ἀποκαλύψει Κύριος τὰ κρυπτά σου, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ συναγωγῆς καταβελεῖ σε· ὅτι οὐ προσῆλθες φόβῳ Κυρίου, καὶ ἡ καρδία σου πλήρης δόλου.
2:1	Τεκνὸν εἰ προσέρχῃ δουλεύειν Κυρίῳ Θεῷ, ἑτοίμασον τὴν ψυχήν σου εἰς πειρασμόν.
2:2	Εὔθυνον τὴν καρδίαν σου καὶ καρτέρησον, καὶ μὴ σπεύσῃς ἐν καιρῷ ἐπαγωγῆς.
2:3	Κολλήθητι αὐτῷ καὶ μὴ ἀποστῇς, ἵνα αὐξηθῇς ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων σου.
2:4	Πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν ἐπαχθῇ σοι, δέξαι, καὶ ἐν ἀλλάγμασι ταπεινώσεώς σου μακροθύμησον.
2:5	Ὅτι ἐν πυρὶ δοκιμάζεται χρυσὸς, καὶ ἄνθρωποι δεκτοὶ ἐν καμίνῳ ταπεινώσεως.
2:6	Πίστευσον αὐτῷ καὶ ἀντιλήψεταί σου, εὔθυνον τὰς ὁδούς σου καὶ ἔλπισον ἐπʼ αὐτόν.
2:7	Οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον, ἀναμείνατε τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἐκκλίνητε ἵνα μὴ πέσητε.
2:8	Οἱ φοβούμενοι Κύριον πιστεύσατε αὐτῷ, καὶ οὐ μὴ πταίσῃ ὁ μισθὸς ὑμῶν.
2:9	Οἱ φοβούμενοι Κύριον ἐλπίσατε εἰς ἀγαθὰ, καὶ εἰς εὐφροσύνην αἰῶνος καὶ ἐλέους.
2:10	Ἐμβλέψατε εἰς ἀρχαίας γενεὰς καὶ ἴδετε, τίς ἐνεπίστευσε Κυρίῳ καὶ κατῃσχύνθη; ἢ τίς ἐνέμεινε τῷ φόβῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγκατελείφθη; ἢ τίς ἐπεκαλέσατο αὐτὸν, καὶ ὑπερεῖδεν αὐτόν;
2:11	Διότι οἰκτίρμων καὶ ἐλεήμων ὁ Κύριος, καὶ ἀφίησιν ἁμαρτίας, καὶ σώζει ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως.
2:12	Οὐαὶ καρδίαις δειλαῖς, καὶ χερσὶ παρειμέναις, καὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ ἐπιβαίνοντι ἐπὶ δύο τρίβους.
2:13	Οὐαὶ καρδίᾳ παρειμένῃ, ὅτι οὐ πιστεύει, διὰ τοῦτο οὐ σκεπασθήσεται.
2:14	Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς ἀπολωλεκόσι τὴν ὑπομονὴν, καὶ τί ποιήσετε ὅταν ἐπισκέπτηται ὁ Κύριος;
2:15	Οἱ φοβούμενοι Κύριον οὐκ ἀπειθήσουσι ῥημάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτὸν συντηπήσουσι τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ.
2:16	Οἱ φοβούμενοι Κύριον ζητήσουσιν εὐδοκίαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἀγαπῶντες αὐτὸν ἐμπλησθήσονται τοῦ νόμου.
2:17	Οἱ φοβούμενοι Κύριον ἐτοιμάσουσι καρδίας αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ παπεινώσουσι τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν.
2:18	Ἐμπεσούμεθα εἰς χεῖρας Κυρίου, καὶ οὐκ εἰς χεῖρας ἀνθρώπων· ὡς γὰρ ἡ μεγαλωσύνη αὐτοῦ, οὕτως καὶ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ.
4:1	Τέκνον, τὴν ζωὴν τοῦ πτωχοῦ μὴ ἀποστερήσῃς, καὶ μὴ παρελκύσῃς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐπιδεεῖς.
4:2	ψυχὴν πεινῶσαν μὴ λυπήσῃς, καὶ μὴ παροργίσῃς ἄνδρα ἐν ἀπορίᾳ αὐτοῦ.
4:3	Καρδίαν παροργισμένην μὴ προσταράξῃς, καὶ μὴ παρελκύσῃς δόσιν προσδεομένου.
4:4	Ἱκέτην θλιβόμενον μὴ ἀπαναίνου, καὶ μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπὸ πτωχοῦ.
4:5	Ἀπὸ δεομένου μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς ὀφθαλμόν, καὶ μὴ δῷς τόπον ἀνθρώπῳ καταράσασθαί σε.
4:6	Καταρωμένου γάρ σε ἐν πικρίᾳ ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, τῆς δεήσεως αὐτοῦ ἐπακούσεται ὁ ποιήσας αὐτόν.
4:7	Προσφιλῆ συναγωγῇ σεαυτὸν ποίει, καὶ μεγιστᾶνι ταπεινοῦ τὴν κεφαλήν σου.
4:8	Κλῖνον πτωχῷ τὸ οὖς σου, καὶ ἀποκρίθητι αὐτῷ εἰρηνικὰ ἐν πρᾳΰτητι.
4:9	Ἐξελοῦ ἀδικούμενον ἐκ χειρὸς ἀδικοῦντος, καὶ μὴ ὀλιγοψυχήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνειν σε.
4:10	Γίνου ὀρφανοῖς ὡς πατὴρ, καὶ ἀντὶ ἀνδρὸς τῇ μητρὶ αὐτῶν· καὶ ἔσῃ ὡς υἱὸς ὑψίστου, καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε μᾶλλον ἡ μήτηρ σου.
4:11	Ἡ σοφία υἱοὺς ἑαυτῇ ἀνύψωσε, καὶ ἐπιλαμβάνεται τῶν ζητούντων αὐτήν·
4:12	ὁ ἀγαπῶν αὐτὴν ἀγαπᾷ ζωὴν, καὶ οἱ ὀρθρίζοντες πρὸς αὐτὴν ἐμπλησθήσονται εὐφροσύνης.
4:13	Ὁ κρατῶν αὐτῆς κληρονομήσει δόξαν, καὶ οὗ εἰσπορεύεται εὐλογήσει Κύριος.
4:14	Οἱ λατρεύοντες αὐτῇ λειτουργήσουσιν Ἁγίῳ, καὶ τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας αὐτὴν ἀγαπᾷ ὁ Κύριος.
4:15	Ὁ ὑπακούων αὐτῆς κρινεῖ ἔθνη, καὶ ὁ προσελθὼν αὐτῇ κατασκηνώσει πεποιθώς.
4:16	Ἐὰν ἐμπιστεύσῃς, κατακληρονομήσεις αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐν κατασχέσει ἔσονται αἱ γενεαὶ αὐτοῦ.
4:17	Ὅτι διεστραμμένως πορεύεται μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐν πρώτοις· φόβον δὲ καὶ δειλίαν ἐπάξει ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, καὶ βασανίσει αὐτὸν ἐν παιδιᾷ αὐτῆς, ἕως οὗ ἐμπιστεύσῃ τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πειράσῃ αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς δικαιώμασιν αὐτῆς.
4:18	Καὶ πάλιν ἐπανήξει κατʼ εὐθεῖαν πρὸς αὐτὸν, καὶ εὐφρανεῖ αὐτὸν, καὶ ἀποκαλύψει αὐτῷ τὰ κρυπτὰ αὐτῆς.
4:19	Ἐὰν ἀποπλανηθῇ, ἐγκαταλείψει αὐτὸν, καὶ παραδώσει αὐτὸν εἰς χεῖρας πτώσεως αὐτοῦ.
4:20	Συντήρησον καιρὸν καὶ φύλαξαι ἀπὸ πονηροῦ, καὶ περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς σου μὴ αἰσχυνθῇς.
4:21	Ἔστι γὰρ αἰσχύνη ἐπάγουσα ἁμαρτίαν, καὶ ἔστιν αἰσχύνη δόξα καὶ χάρις.
4:22	Μὴ λάβῃς πρόσωπον κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς σου, καὶ μὴ ἐντραπῇς εἰς πτῶσίν σου.
4:23	Μὴ κωλύσῃς λόγον ἐν καιρῷ σωτηρίας,
4:24	ἐν γὰρ λόγῳ γνωσθήσεται σοφία, καὶ παιδεία ἐν ῥήματι γλώσσης.
4:25	Μὴ ἀντίλεγε τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀπαιδευσίας σου ἐντράπηθι.
4:26	Μὴ αἰσχυνθῇς ὁμολογῆσαι ἐφʼ ἁμαρτίαις σου, καὶ μὴ βιάζου ῥοῦν ποταμοῦ.
4:27	Καὶ μὴ ὑποστρώσῃς σεαυτὸν ἀνθρώπῳ μωρῷ, καὶ μὴ λάβῃς πρόσωπον δυνάστου.
4:28	Ἕως τοῦ θανάτου ἀγώνισαι περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας, καὶ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς πολεμήσει ὑπὲρ σοῦ.
4:29	Μὴ γίνου τραχὺς ἐν γλώσσῃ σου, καὶ νωθρὸς καὶ παρειμένος ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις σου.
4:30	Μὴ ἴσθι ὡς λέων ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου, καὶ φαντασιοκοπῶν ἐν τοῖς οἰκέταις σου.
4:31	Μὴ ἔστω ἡ χείρ σου ἐκτεταμένη εἰς τὸ λαβεῖν, καὶ ἐν τῷ ἀποδιδόναι συνεσταλμένη.
5:1	Μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ τοῖς χρήμασί σου, καὶ μὴ εἴπῃς, αὐτάρκη μοι ἐστί.
5:2	Μὴ ἐξακολούθει τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου, τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις καρδίας σου.
5:3	Καὶ μὴ εἴπῃς, τίς με δυναστεύσει; ὁ γὰρ Κύριος ἐκδικῶν ἐκδικήσει σε.
5:4	Μὴ εἶπῃς, ἥμαρτον, καὶ τί μοι ἐγένετο; ὁ γὰρ Κυριός ἐστι μακρόθυμος.
5:5	Περὶ ἐξιλασμοῦ μὴ ἄφοβος γίνου προσθεῖναι ἁμαρτίαν ἐφʼ ἁμαρτίαις.
5:6	Καὶ μὴ εἴπῃς, ὁ οἰκτιρμὸς αὐτοῦ πολὺς, τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου ἐξιλάσεται· ἔλεος γὰρ καὶ ὀργὴ παρʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ ἁμαρτωλοὺς καταπαύσει ὁ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ.
5:7	Μὴ ἀνάμενε ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ μὴ ὑπερβάλλου ἡμέραν ἐξ ἡμέρας· ἐξάπινα γὰρ ἐξελεύσεται ὀργὴ Κυρίου, καὶ ἐν καιρῷ ἐκδικήσεως ἐξολῇ.
5:8	Μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ χρήμασιν ἀδίκοις, οὐδὲν γὰρ ὠφελήσεις ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπαγωγῆς.
5:9	Μὴ λίκμα ἐν παντὶ ἀνέμῳ, καὶ μὴ πορεύου ἐν πάσῃ ἀτραπῷ· οὕτως ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς ὁ δίγλωσσος.
5:10	Ἴσθι ἐστηριγμένος ἐν συνέσει σου, καὶ εἷς ἔστω σου ὁ λόγος.
5:11	Γίνου ταχὺς ἐν ἀκροάσει σου, καὶ ἐν μακροθυμίᾳ φθέγγου ἀπόκρισιν.
5:12	Εἰ ἔστι σοι σύνεσις, ἀποκρίθητι τῷ πλησίον· εἰ δὲ μὴ, ἡ χείρ σου ἔστω ἐπὶ στόματί σου.
5:13	Δόξα καὶ ἀτιμία ἐν λαλιᾷ, καὶ γλῶσσα ἀνθρώπου πτῶσις αὐτῷ.
5:14	Μὴ κληθῇς ψίθυρος, καὶ τῇ γλώσσῃ σου μὴ ἐνέδρευε· ἐπὶ γὰρ τῷ κλέπτῃ ἐστὶν αἰσχύνη, καὶ κατάγνωσις πονηρὰ ἐπὶ διγλώσσου.
5:15	Ἐν μεγάλῳ καὶ ἐν μικρῷ μὴ ἀγνόει.
7:1	Μὴ ποίει κακὰ, καὶ οὐ μὴ σε καταλάβῃ κακόν.
7:2	Ἀπόστηθι ἀπὸ ἀδίκου, καὶ ἐκκλινεῖ ἀπὸ σοῦ.
7:3	Υἱὲ μὴ σπεῖρε ἐπʼ αὔλακας ἀδικίας, καὶ οὐ μὴ θερίσῃς αὐτὰς ἑπταπλασίως.
7:4	Μὴ ζήτει παρὰ Κυρίου ἡγεμονίαν, μηδὲ παρὰ βασιλέως καθέδραν δόξης.
7:5	Μὴ δικαιοῦ ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ παρὰ βασιλεῖ μὴ σοφίζου·
7:6	μὴ ζήτει γενέσθαι κριτὴς, μὴ οὐκ ἐξισχύσεις ἐξάραι ἀδικίας. μήποτε εὐλαβηθῇς ἀπὸ προσώπου δυνάστου, καὶ θήσεις σκάνδαλον ἐν εὐθύτητί σου.
7:7	Μὴ ἁμάρτανε εἰς πλῆθος πόλεως, καὶ μὴ καταβάλῃς σεαυτὸν ἐν ὄχλῳ.
7:8	Μὴ καταδεσμεύσῃς δὶς ἁμαρτίαν, ἐν γὰρ τῇ μιᾷ οὐκ ἀθῶος ἔσῃ.
7:9	Μὴ εἴπῃς, τῷ πλήθει τῶν δώρων μου ἐπόψεται, καὶ ἐν τῷ προσενέγκαι με Θεῷ ὑψίστῳ προσδέξεται.
7:10	Μὴ ὀλιγοψυχήσῃς ἐν τῇ προσευχῇ σου, καὶ ἐλεημοσύνην ποιῆσαι μὴ παρίδῃς.
7:11	Μὴ καταγέλα ἄνθρωπον ὄντα ἐν πικρίᾳ ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, ἔστι γὰρ ὁ ταπεινῶν καὶ ἀνυψῶν.
7:12	Μὴ ἀροτρία ψεῦδος ἐπʼ ἀδελφῷ σου, μηδὲ φίλῳ τὸ ὅμοιον ποίει.
7:13	Μὴ θέλε ψεύδεσθαι πᾶν ψεῦδος, ὁ γὰρ ἐνδελεχισμὸς αὐτοῦ οὐκ εἰς ἀγαθόν.
7:14	Μὴ ἀδολέσχει ἐν πλήθει πρεσβυτέρων, καὶ μὴ δευτερώσῃς λόγον ἐν προσευχῇ σου.
7:15	Μὴ μισήσῃς ἐπίπονον ἐργασίαν, καὶ γεωργίαν ὑπὸ ὑψίστου ἐκτισμένην.
7:16	Μὴ προσλογίζου σεαυτὸν ἐν πλήθει ἁμαρτωλῶν·
7:17	Ταπείνωσον σφόδρα τὴν ψυχήν σου.
7:18	Μὴ ἀλλάξῃς φίλον ἕνεκεν ἀδιαφόρου, μήδʼ ἀδελφὸν γνήσιον ἐν χρυσίῳ Σουφείρ.
7:19	Μὴ ἀστόχει γυναικὸς σοφῆς καὶ ἀγαθῆς, καὶ γὰρ χάρις αὐτῆς ὑπὲρ τὸ χρυσίον.
7:20	Μὴ κακώσῃς οἰκέτην ἐργαζόμενον ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, μηδὲ μίσθιον διδόντα ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ.
7:21	Οἰκέτην συνετὸν ἀγαπάτω σου ἡ ψυχὴ, μὴ στερήσῃς αὐτὸν ἐλευθερίας.
7:22	Κτήνη σοί ἐστιν; ἐπισκέπτου αὐτά· καὶ εἰ ἔστι σοι χρήσιμα, ἐμμενέτω σοι.
7:23	Τέκνα σοί ἐστι, παίδευσον αὐτὰ, καὶ κάμψον ἐκ νεότητος τὸν τράχηλον αὐτῶν.
7:24	Θυγατέρες σοί εἰσι; πρόσεχε τῷ σώματι αὐτῶν, καὶ μὴ ἱλαρώσῃς πρὸς αὐτὰς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου.
7:25	Ἔκδου θυγατέρα, καὶ ἔσῃ τετελεκὼς ἔργον μέγα, καὶ ἀνδρὶ συνετῷ δώρησαι αὐτήν.
7:26	Γυνή σοι ἐστὶ κατὰ ψυχήν; μὴ ἐκβάλῃς αὐτήν.
7:27	Ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ δόξασον τὸν πατέρα σου, καὶ μητρὸς ὠδῖνας μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ.
7:28	Μνήσθητι ὅτι διʼ αὐτῶν ἐγενήθης, καὶ τί ἀνταποδώσεις αὐτοῖς καθὼς αὐτοὶ σοί;
7:29	Ἐν ὅλῃ ψυχῇ σου εὐλαβοῦ τὸν Κύριον, καὶ τοὺς ἱερεῖς αὐτοῦ θαύμαζε.
7:30	Ἐν ὅλῃ δυνάμει ἀγάπησον τὸν ποιήσαντά σε, καὶ τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς.
7:31	Φοβοῦ τὸν Κύριον, καὶ δόξασον ἱερέα, καὶ δὸς τὴν μερίδα αὐτῷ, καθὼς ἐντέταλταί σοι, ἀπαρχὴν, καὶ περὶ πλημμελείας, καὶ δόσιν βραχιόνων, καὶ θυσίαν ἁγιασμοῦ, καὶ ἀπαρχὴν ἁγίων.
7:32	Καὶ πτωχῷ ἔκτεινον τὴν χεῖρά σου, ἵνα τελειωθῇ ἡ εὐλογία σου.
7:33	Χάρις δόματος ἔναντι παντὸς ζῶντος, καὶ ἐπὶ νεκρῷ μὴ ἀποκωλύσῃς χάριν.
7:34	Μὴ ὑστέρει ἀπὸ κλαιόντων, καὶ μετὰ πενθούντων πένθησον.
7:35	Μὴ ὄκνει ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ἄῤῥωστον, ἐκ γὰρ τῶν τοιούτων ἀγαπηθήσῃ.
7:36	Ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς λόγοις σου μιμνήσκου τὰ ἔσχατά σου, καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα οὐχ ἁμαρτήσεις.
8:1	Μὴ διαμάχου μετὰ ἀνθρώπου δυνάστου, μήποτε ἐμπέσῃς εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ.
8:2	Μὴ ἔριζε μετὰ ἀνθρώπου πλουσίου, μήποτε ἀντιστήσῃ σου τὴν ὁλκήν· πολλους γὰρ ἀπώλεσε τὸ χρυσίον, καὶ καρδίας βασιλέων ἐξέκλινε.
8:3	Μὴ διαμάχου μετὰ ἀνθρώπου γλωσσώδους, καὶ μὴ ἐπιστοιβάσῃς ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ αὐτοῦ ξύλα.
8:4	Μὴ πρόσπαιζε ἀπαιδεύτῳ, ἵνα μὴ ἀτιμάζωνται οἱ πρόγονοί σου.
8:5	Μὴ ὀνείδιζε ἄνθρωπον ἀποστρέφοντα ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας, μνήσθητι ὅτι πάντες ἐσμὲν ἐν ἐπιτιμίοις.
8:6	Μὴ ἀτιμάσῃς ἄνθρωπον ἐν γήρει αὐτοῦ, καὶ γὰρ ἐξ ἡμῶν γηράσκουσι.
8:7	Μὴ ἐπίχαιρε ἐπὶ νεκρῷ, μνήσθητι ὅτι πάντες τελευτῶμεν.
8:8	Μὴ παρίδῃς διήγημα σοφῶν, καὶ ἐν ταῖς παροιμίαις αὐτῶν ἀναστρέφου, ὅτι παρʼ αὐτῶν μαθήσῃ παιδείαν, καὶ λειτουργῆσαι μεγιστᾶσι.
8:9	Μὴ ἀστόχει διηγήματος γερόντων, καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ ἔμαθον παρὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν· ὅτι παρʼ αὐτῶν μαθήσῃ σύνεσιν, καὶ ἐν καιρῷ χρείας δοῦναι ἀπόκρισιν.
8:10	Μὴ ἔκκαιε ἄνθρακας ἁμαρτωλοῦ, μὴ ἐμπυρισθῇς ἐν πυρὶ φλογὸς αὐτοῦ.
8:11	Μὴ ἐξαναστῇς ἀπὸ προσώπου ὑβριστοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἐγκαθίσῃ ὡς ἔνεδρον τῷ στόματί σου.
8:12	Μὴ δανείσῃς ἀνθρώπῳ ἰσχυροτέρῳ σου, καὶ ἐὰν δανείσῃς, ὡς ἀπολωλεκὼς γίνου·
8:13	Μὴ ἐγγυήσῃ ὑπὲρ δυναμίν σου, καὶ ἐὰν ἐγγυήσῃ, ὡς ἀποτίσων φρόντιζε.
8:14	Μὴ δικάζου μετὰ κριτοῦ, κατὰ γὰρ τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ κρινοῦσιν αὐτῷ.
8:15	Μετὰ τολμηροῦ μὴ πορεύου ἐν ὁδῷ, ἵνα μὴ βαρύνηται κατὰ σοῦ· αὐτὸς γὰρ κατὰ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιήσει, καὶ τῇ ἀφροσύνῃ αὐτοῦ συναπολῇ.
8:16	Μετὰ θυμώδους μὴ ποιήσῃς μάχην, καὶ μὴ διαπορεύου μετʼ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἔρημον, ὅτι ὡς οὐδὲν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ αἷμα, καὶ ὅπου οὐκ ἔστι βοήθεια, καταβαλεῖ σε.
8:17	Μετὰ μωροῦ μὴ συμβουλεύου, οὐ γὰρ δυνήσεται λόγον στέξαι.
8:18	Ἐνώπιον ἀλλοτρίου μὴ ποιήσῃς κρυπτὸν, οὐ γὰρ γινώσκεις τί τέξεται.
8:19	Παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ μὴ ἔκφαινε σὴν καρδίαν, καὶ μὴ ἀναφερέτω σοι χάριν.
9:1	Μὴ ζήλου γυναῖκα τοῦ κόλπου σου, μηδὲ διδάξῃς ἐπὶ σεαυτὸν παιδείαν πονηράν.
9:2	Μὴ δῷς γυναικὶ τὴν ψυχήν σου, ἐπιβῆναι αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν ἰσχύν σου.
9:3	Μὴ ὑπάντα γυναικὶ ἑταιριζομένῃ, μήποτε ἐμπέσῃς εἰς τὰς παγίδας αὐτῆς.
9:4	Μετὰ ψαλλούσης μὴ ἐνδελέχιζε, μήποτε ἁλῷς ἐν τοῖς ἐπιχειρήμασιν αὐτῆς.
9:5	Παρθένον μὴ καταμάνθανε, μήποτε σκανδαλισθῇς ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτιμίοις αὐτῆς.
9:6	Μὴ δῷς πόρναις τὴν ψυχήν σου, ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσῃς τὴν κληρονομίαν σου.
9:7	Μὴ περιβλέπου ἐν ῥύμαις πόλεως, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐρήμοις αὐτῆς μὴ πλανῶ.
9:8	Ἀπόστρεψον ὀφθαλμὸν ἀπὸ γυναικὸς εὐμόρφου, καὶ μὴ καταμάνθανε κάλλος ἀλλότριον· ἐν κάλλει γυναικὸς πολλοὶ ἐπλανήθησαν, καὶ ἐκ τούτου φιλία ὡς πῦρ ἀνακαίεται.
9:9	Μετὰ ὑπάνδρου γυναικὸς μὴ κάθου τὸ σύνολον, καὶ μὴ συμβολοκοπήσῃς μετʼ αὐτῆς ἐν οἴνῳ, μήποτε ἐκκλίνῃ ἡ ψυχή σου ἐπʼ αὐτὴν, καὶ τῷ πνεύματί σου ὀλισθήσῃς εἰς ἀπώλειαν.
9:10	Μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς φίλον ἀρχαῖον, ὁ γὰρ πρόσφατος οὐκ ἔστιν ἔφισος αὐτῷ· οἶνος νέος, φίλος νέος, ἐὰν παλαιωθῇ, μετʼ εὐφροσύνης πίεσαι αὐτόν.
9:11	Μὴ ζηλώσῃς δόξαν ἁμαρτωλοῦ, οὐ γὰρ οἶδας τί ἔσται ἡ καταστροφὴ αὐτοῦ.
9:12	Μὴ εὐδοκήσῃς ἐν εὐδοκίᾳ ἀσεβῶν, μνήσθητι ὅτι ἕως ᾅδου οὐ μὴ δικαιωθῶσι.
9:13	Μακρὰν ἄπεχε ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ὃς ἔχει ἐξουσιαν τοῦ φονεύειν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ὑποπτεύσῃς φόβον θανάτου· κᾂν προσέλθῃς, μὴ πλημμελήσῃς, ἵνα μὴ ἀφέληται τὴν ζωήν σου· ἐπίγνωθι ὅτι ἐν μέσῳ παγίδων διαβαίνεις, καὶ ἐπὶ ἐπάλξεων πόλεων περιπατεῖς.
9:14	Κατὰ τὴν ἰσχύν σου στόχασαι τοὺς πλησίον, καὶ μετὰ σοφῶν συμβουλεύου.
9:15	Καὶ μετὰ συνετῶν ἔστω ὁ διαλογισμός σου, καὶ πᾶσα διήγησίς σου ἐν νόμῳ ὑψίστου.
9:16	Ἄνδρες δίκαιοι ἔστωσαν σύνδειπνοί σου, καὶ ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου ἔστω τὸ καύχημά σου.
9:17	Ἐν χειρὶ τεχνιτῶν ἔργον ἐπαινεθήσεται, καὶ ὁ ἡγούμενος λαοῦ σοφὸς ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ.
9:18	Φοβερὸς ἐν πόλει αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ γλωσσώδης, καὶ ὁ προπετὴς ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ μισηθήσεται.
10:1	Κριτὴς σοφὸς παιδεύσει τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡγεμονία συνετοῦ τεταγμένη ἔσται.
10:2	Κατὰ τὸν κριτὴν τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ οὕτως καὶ οἱ λειτουργοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατὰ τὸν ἡγούμενον τῆς πόλεως πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες αὐτήν.
10:3	Βασιλεὺς ἀπαίδευτος ἀπολεῖ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πόλις οἰκισθήσεται ἐν συνέσει δυναστῶν.
10:4	Ἐν χειρὶ Κυρίου ἐξουσία τῆς γῆς, καὶ τὸν χρήσιμον ἐγερεῖ εἰς καιρὸν ἐπʼ αὐτῆς.
10:5	Ἐν χειρὶ Κυρίου εὐοδία ἀνδρὸς, καὶ προσώπῳ γραμματέως ἐπιθήσει δόξαν αὐτοῦ.
10:6	Ἐπὶ παντὶ ἀδικήματι μὴ μηνιάσῃς τῷ πλησίον, καὶ μὴ πράσσε μηδὲν ἐν ἔργοις ὕβρεως.
10:7	Μισητὴ ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων ὑπερηφανία, καὶ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων πλημμελήσει ἄδικα.
10:8	Βασιλεία ἀπὸ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος μετάγεται, διὰ ἀδικίας καὶ ὕβρεις καὶ χρήματα.
10:9	Τί ὑπερηφανεύεται γῆ καὶ σποδός; ὅτι ἐν ζωῇ ἔῤῥιψα τὰ ἐνδόσθια αὐτοῦ.
10:10	Μακρὸν ἀῤῥώστημα σκώπτει ἰατρὸς, καὶ βασιλεὺς σήμερον, καὶ αὔριον τελευτήσει.
10:11	Ἐν γὰρ τῷ ἀποθανεῖν ἄνθρωπον, κληρονομήσει ἑρπετὰ καὶ θηρία καὶ σκώληκας.
10:12	Ἀρχὴ ὑπερηφανίας, ἀνθρώπου ἀφισταμένου ἀπὸ Κυρίου, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ποιήσαντος αὐτὸν ἀπέστη ἡ καρδία αὐτοῦ.
10:13	Ὅτι ἀρχὴ ὑπερηφανίας ἁμαρτία, καὶ ὁ κρατῶν αὐτῆς ἐξομβρήσει βδέλυγμα· διὰ τοῦτο παρεδόξασε Κύριος τὰς ἐπαγωγὰς, καὶ κατέστρεψεν εἰς τέλος αὐτούς.
10:14	Θρόνους ἀρχόντων καθεῖλεν ὁ Κύριος, καὶ ἐκάθισε πρᾳεῖς ἀντʼ αὐτῶν.
10:15	Ῥίζας ἐθνῶν ἐξέτιλεν ὁ Κύριος, καὶ ἐφύτευσε ταπεινοὺς ἀντʼ αὐτῶν.
10:16	χώρας ἐθνῶν κατέστρεψεν ὁ Κύριος, καὶ ἀπώλεσεν αὐτὰς ἕως θεμελίων γῆς.
10:17	Ἐξήρανεν ἐξ αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπώλεσεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ κατέπαυσεν ἀπὸ γῆς τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν.
10:18	Οὐκ ἔκτισται ἀνθρώποις ὑπερηφανία, οὐδὲ ὀργὴ θυμοῦ γεννήμασιν γυναικῶν.
10:19	Σπέρμα ἔντιμον ποίον; σπέρμα ἀνθρώπου· σπέρμα ἔντιμον ποῖον; οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον· σπέρμα ἄτιμον ποῖον; σπέρμα ἀνθρώπου· σπέρμα ἄτιμον ποῖον; οἱ παραβαίνοντες ἐντολάς.
10:20	Ἐν μέσῳ ἀδελφῶν ὁ ἡγούμενος αὐτῶν ἔντιμος, καὶ οἱ φοβούμενοι Κύριον ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ.
10:22	Πλούσιος καὶ ἔνδοξος καὶ πτωχὸς, τὸ καύχημα αὐτῶν φόβος Κυρίου.
10:23	Οὐ δίκαιον ἀτιμάσαι πτωχὸν συνετὸν, καὶ οὐ καθήκει δοξάσαι ἄνδρα ἁμαρτωλόν.
10:24	Μεγιστὰν καὶ κριτὴς καὶ δυνάστης δοξασθήσεται, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῶν τις μείζων τοῦ φοβουμένου τὸν Κύριον.
10:25	Οἰκέτῃ σοφῷ ἐλεύθεροι λειτουργήσουσι, καὶ ἀνὴρ ἐπιστήμων οὐ γογγύσει.
10:26	Μὴ σοφίζου ποιῆσαι τὸ ἔργον σου, καὶ μὴ δοξάζου ἐν καιρῷ στενοχωρίας σου.
10:27	Κρείσσων ἐργαζόμενος ἐν πᾶσιν, ἢ περιπατῶν, ἢ δοξαζόμενος καὶ ἀπορῶν ἄρτων.
10:28	Τέκνον, ἐν πρᾳΰτητι δόξασον τὴν ψυχήν σου, καὶ δὸς αὐτῇ τιμὴν κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν αὐτῆς.
10:29	Τὸν ἁμαρτάνοντα εἰς τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ τίς δικαιώσει; καὶ τίς δοξάσει τὸν ἀτιμάζοντα τὴν ζωὴν αὐτοῦ;
10:30	Πτωχὸς δοξάζεται διʼ ἐπιστήμην αὐτοῦ, καὶ πλούσιος δοξάζεται διὰ τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτοῦ.
10:31	Ὁ δὲ δοξαζόμενος ἐν πτωχείᾳ, καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ ποσαχῶς; καὶ ὁ ἄδοξος ἐν πλούτῳ, καὶ ἐν πτωχείᾳ ποσαχῶς;
11:1	Σοφία ταπεινοῦ ἀνύψωσε κεφαλὴν, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ μεγιστάνων καθίσει αὐτόν.
11:2	Μὴ αἰνέσεις ἄνδρα ἐν κάλλει αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ βδελύξῃ ἄνθρωπον ἐν ὁράσει αὐτοῦ.
11:3	Μικρὰ ἐν πετεινοῖς μέλισσα, καὶ ἀρχὴ γλυκασμάτων ὁ καρπὸς αὐτῆς.
11:4	Ἐν περιβολῇ ἱματίων μὴ καυχήσῃ, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ δόξης μὴ ἐπαίρου, ὅτι θαυμαστὰ τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, καὶ κρυπτὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀνθρώποις.
11:5	Πολλοὶ τύραννοι ἐκάθισαν ἐπὶ ἐδάφους, ὁ δὲ ἀνυπονόητος ἐφόρεσε διάδημα.
11:6	Πολλοὶ δυνάσται ἠτιμάσθησαν σφόδρα, καὶ ἔνδοξοι παρεδόθησαν εἰς χεῖρας ἑτέρων.
11:7	Πρὶν ἐξετάσῃς μὴ μέμψῃ· νόησον πρῶτον καὶ τότε ἐπιτιμα.
11:8	Πρὶν ἢ ἀκοῦσαι μὴ ἀποκρίνου, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ λόγων μὴ παρεμβάλλου.
11:9	Περὶ πράγματος οὗ οὐκ ἔστι σοι χρεία, μὴ ἔριζε, καὶ ἐν κρίσει ἁμαρτωλῶν μὴ συνέδρευε.
11:10	Τέκνον, μὴ περὶ πολλὰ ἔστωσαν αἱ πράξεις σου· ἐὰν πληθυνῇς, οὐκ ἀθωωθήσῃ· καὶ ἐὰν διώκῃς, οὐ μὴ καταλάβῃς, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκφύγῃς διαδράς.
11:11	Ἔστι κοπιῶν καὶ πονῶν καὶ σπεύδων, καὶ τόσῳ μᾶλλον ὑστερεῖται.
11:12	Ἔστι νωθρὸς καὶ προσδεόμενος ἀντιλήψεως, ὑστερῶν ἰσχύϊ, καὶ πτωχείᾳ περισσεύει, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου ἐπέβλεψαν αὐτῷ εἰς ἀγαθὰ, καὶ ἀνώρθωσεν αὐτὸν ἐκ ταπεινώσεως αὐτοῦ·
11:13	Καὶ ἀνύψωσε κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπεθαύμασαν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ πολλοί.
11:14	Ἀγαθὰ καὶ κακά, ζωὴ καὶ θάνατος, πτωχεία καὶ πλοῦτος παρὰ Κυρίου ἐστί.
11:17	Δόσις Κυρίου παραμένει εὐσεβέσι, καὶ ἡ εὐδοκία αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα εὐοδωθήσεται.
11:18	Ἔστι πλουτῶν ἀπὸ προσοχῆς καὶ σφιγγίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὕτη ἡ μερὶς τοῦ μισθοῦ αὐτοῦ.
11:19	Ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν αὐτὸν, εὗρον ἀνάπαυσιν, καὶ νῦν φάγωμαι ἐκ τῶν ἀγαθῶν μου, καὶ οὐκ οἶδε τίς καιρὸς παρελεύσεται, καὶ καταλείψει αὐτὰ ἑτέροις, καὶ ἀποθανεῖται.
11:20	Στῆθι ἐν διαθήκῃ σου καὶ ὁμίλει ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ σου παλαιώθητι.
11:21	Μὴ θαύμαζε ἐν ἔργοις ἁμαρτωλοῦ, πίστευε τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ἔμμενε τῷ πόνῳ σου· ὅτι κοῦφον ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου διὰ τάχους ἐξάπινα πλουτίσαι πένητα.
11:22	Εὐλογία Κυρίου ἐν μισθῷ εὐσεβοῦς, καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ ταχινῇ ἀναθάλλει εὐλογίαν αὐτοῦ.
11:23	Μὴ εἴπῃς, τίς ἐστί μου χρεία; καὶ τίνα ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἔσται μου τὰ ἀγαθά;
11:24	Μὴ εἴπῃς, αὐτάρκη μοι ἐστὶ, καὶ τί ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν κακωθήσομαι;
11:25	Ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἀγαθῶν ἀμνησία κακῶν, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακῶν οὐ μνησθήσεται ἀγαθῶν·
11:26	ὅτι κοῦφον ἔναντι Κυρίου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τελευτῆς ἀποδοῦναι ἀνθρώπῳ κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ.
11:27	Κάκωσις ὥρας ἐπιλησμονὴν ποιεῖ τρυφῆς, καὶ ἐν συντελείᾳ ἀνθρώπου ἀποκάλυψις ἔργων αὐτοῦ.
11:28	Πρὸ τελευτῆς μὴ μακάριζε μηδένα, καὶ ἐν τέκνοις αὐτῶυ γνωσθήσεται ἀνήρ.
11:29	Μὴ πάντα ἄνθρωπον εἴσαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου, πολλὰ γὰρ τὰ ἔνεδρα τοῦ δολίου.
11:30	Πέρδιξ θηρευτὴς ἐν καρτάλλῳ, οὕτως καρδία ὑπερηφάνου, καὶ ὡς ὁ κατάσκοπος ἐπιβλέπει πτῶσιν.
11:31	Τὰ γὰρ ἀγαθὰ εἰς κακὰ μεταστρέφων ἐνεδρεύει, καὶ ἐν τοῖς αἱρετοῖς ἐπιθήσει μῶμον.
11:32	Ἀπὸ σπινθῆρος πυρὸς πληθύνεται ἀνθρακία, καὶ ἄνθρωπος ἁμαρτωλὸς εἰς αἷμα ἐνεδρεύει.
11:33	Πρόσεχε ἀπὸ κακούργου, πονηρὰ γὰρ τεκταίνει, μήποτε μῶμον εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα δῷ σοι.
11:34	Ἐνοίκισον ἀλλότριον, καὶ διαστρέψει σε ἐν ταραχαῖς, καὶ ἀπαλλοτριώσει σε τῶν ἰδίων σου.
12:1	Ἐὰν εὖ ποιῇς, γνῶθι τίνι ποιεῖς, καὶ ἔσται χάρις τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς σου.
12:2	Εὐποίησον εὐσεβεῖ, καὶ εὑρήσεις ἀνταπόδομα, καὶ εἰ μὴ παρʼ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ παρὰ ὑψίστου.
12:3	Οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὰ τῷ ἐνελεχίζοντι εἰς κακὰ, καὶ τῷ ἐλεημοσύνην μὴ χαριζομένῳ.
12:4	Δὸς τῷ εὐσεβεῖ, καὶ μὴ ἀντιλάβῃ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ.
12:5	Εὐποίησον τῷ ταπεινῷ, καὶ μὴ δῷς ἀσεβεῖ· ἐμπόδισον τοὺς ἄρτους αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ δῷς αὐτῷ ἵνα μὴ ἐν αὐτοῖς σε δυναστεύσῃ· διπλάσια γὰρ κακὰ εὑρήσεις ἐν πᾶσιν ἀγαθοῖς οἷς ἂν ποιήσῃς αὐτῷ.
12:6	Ὅτι καὶ ὁ ὕψιστος ἐμίσησεν ἁμαρτωλούς, καὶ τοῖς ἀσεβέσιν ἀποδώσει ἐκδίκησιν.
12:7	Δὸς τῷ ἀγαθῷ, καὶ μὴ ἀντιλάβῃ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ.
12:8	Οὐκ ἐκδικηθησεται ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ὁ φίλος, καὶ οὐ κρυβήσεται ἐν κακοῖς ὁ ἐχθρός.
12:9	Ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ἀνδρὸς οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν λύπῃ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς κακοῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ ὁ φίλος διαχωρισθήσεται.
12:10	Μὴ πιστεύσῃς τῷ ἐχθρῷ σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· ὡς γὰρ ὁ χαλκὸς ἰοῦται, οὕτως ἡ πονηρία αὐτοῦ.
12:11	Καὶ ἐὰν ταπεινωθῇ καὶ πορεύηται συγκεκυφὼς, ἐπίστησον τὴν ψυχήν σου καὶ φύλαξαι ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσῃ αὐτῷ ὡς ἐκμεμαχὼς ἔσοπτρον, καὶ γνώσῃ ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τέλος κατίωσε.
12:12	Μὴ στήσῃς αὐτὸν παρὰ σεαυτὸν, μὴ ἀνατρέψας σε στῇ ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον σου· μὴ καθίσης αὐτὸν ἐκ δεξιῶν σου, μήποτε ζητήσῃ τὴν καθέδραν σου, καὶ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτῳ ἐπιγνώσῃ τοὺς λόγους μου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ῥημάτων μου κατανυγήσῃ.
12:13	Τίς ἐλεήσει ἐπαοιδὸν ὀφιόδηκτον, καὶ πάντας τοὺς προσάγοντας θηρίοις;
12:14	Οὕτως τὸν προσπορεύομενον ἀνδρὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ καὶ συμφυρόμενον ἐν ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις αὐτοῦ.
12:15	Ὥραν μετὰ σοῦ διαμενεῖ, καὶ ἐὰν ἐκκλίνῃς, οὐ μὴ καρτερήσῃ.
12:16	Καὶ ἐν τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ γλυκανεῖ ὁ ἐχθρὸς, καὶ ἐν τῇ καρδία αὐτοῦ βουλεύσεται ἀνατρέψαι σε εἰς βόθρον· ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ δακρύσει ὁ ἐχθρὸς, καὶ ἐὰν εὕρῃ καιρὸν, οὐκ ἐμπλησθήσεται ἀφʼ αἵματος.
12:17	Κακὰ ἂν ὑπαντήσῃ σοι, εὑρήσεις αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ πρότερόν σου, καὶ ὡς βοηθῶν ὑποσχάσει πτέρναν σου.
12:18	Κινήσει τὴν κεφαλὴναὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπικροτήσει ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ πολλὰ διαψιθυρίσει, καὶ ἀλλοιώσει τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ.
13:1	Ὁ ἁπτομενος πίσσης μολυνθήσεται, καὶ ὁ κοινωνῶν ὑπερηφάνῳ ὁμοιωθήσεται αὐτῷ.
13:2	Βάρος ὑπὲρ σὲ μὴ ἄρῃς, καὶ ἰσχυροτέρῳ σου καὶ πλουσιωτέρῳ μὴ κοινώνει· τί κοινωνήσει χύτρα πρὸς λέβητα; αὕτη προσκρούσει, καὶ αὕτη συντριβήσεται.
13:3	Πλούσιος ἠδίκησε, καὶ αὐτὸς προσενεβριμήσατο· πτωχὸς ἠδίκηται, καὶ αὐτὸς προσδεηθήσεται.
13:4	Ἐὰν χρησιμεύσῃς, ἐργᾶται ἐν σοί· καὶ ἐὰν ὑστερήσῃς, καταλείψει σε.
13:5	Ἐὰν ἔχῃς, συμβιώσεταί σοι, καὶ ἀποκενώσει σε, καὶ αὐτὸς οὐ πονέσει.
13:6	Χρείαν ἔσχηκέ σου, καὶ ἀποπλανήσει σε, καὶ προσγελάσεταί σοι, καὶ δώσει σοι ἐλπίδα· λαλήσει σοι καλὰ, καὶ ἐρεῖ, τίς ἡ χρεία σου;
13:7	Καὶ αἰσχυνεῖ σε ἐν τοῖς βρώμασιν αὐτοῦ, ἕως οὗ ἀποκενώσῃ σε δὶς ἢ τρὶς, καὶ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτῳ καταμωκήσεταί σου· μετὰ ταῦτα ὄψεταί σε, καὶ καταλείψει σε, καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ κινήσει ἐπὶ σοί.
13:8	Πρόσεχε μὴ ἀποπλανηθῇς, καὶ μὴ ταπεινωθῇς ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ σου.
13:9	Προσκαλεσαμένου σε δυνάστου, ὑποχωρῶν γίνου, καὶ τόσῳ μᾶλλον προσκαλέσεταί σε.
13:10	Μὴ ἔμπιπτε ἵνα μὴ ἀπωσθῇς, καὶ μὴ μακρὰν ἀφιστῶ ἵνα μὴ ἐπιλησθῇς.
13:11	Μὴ ἔπεχε εἰσηγορεῖσθαι μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ πίστευε τοῖς πλείοσι λόγοις αὐτοῦ· ἐκ πολλῆς γὰρ λαλιᾶς πειράσει σε, καὶ ὡς προσγελῶν ἐξετάσει.
13:12	Ἀνελεήμων ὁ μὴ συντηρῶν λόγους, καὶ οὐ μὴ φείσηται περὶ κακώσεως καὶ δεσμῶν.
13:13	Συντήρησον καὶ πρόσεχε σφοδρῶς, ὅτι μετὰ τῆς πτώσεώς σου περιπατεῖς.
13:15	Πᾶν ζῶον ἀγαπᾷ τὸ ὅμοιον αὐτῷ, καὶ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ.
13:16	Πᾶσα σὰρξ κατὰ γένος συνάγεται, καὶ τῷ ὁμοίῳ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται ἀνήρ.
13:17	Τί κοινωνήσει λύκος ἀμνῷ; οὕτως ἁμαρτωλὸς πρὸς εὐσεβῆ.
13:18	Τίς εἰρήνη ὑαίνῃ πρὸς κύνα; καὶ τίς εἰρήνη πλουσίῳ πρὸς πένητα;
13:19	Κυνήγια λεόντων ὄναγροι ἐν ἐρήμῳ, οὕτως νομαὶ πλουσίων πτωχοί.
13:20	Βδέλυγμα ὑπερηφάνῳ ταπεινότης, οὕτως βδέλυγμα πλουσίῳ πτωχός.
13:21	Πλούσιος σαλευόμενος στηρίζεται ὑπὸ φίλων, ταπεινὸς δὲ πεσὼν προσαπωθεῖται ὑπὸ φίλων.
13:22	Πλουσίου σφαλέντος πολλοὶ ἀντιλήμπτορες, ἐλάλησεν ἀπόῤῥητα καὶ ἐδικαίωσαν αὐτόν· ταπεινὸς ἔσφαλε καὶ προσεπετίμησαν αὐτῷ, ἐφθέγξατο σύνεσιν καὶ οὐκ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ τόπος.
13:23	Πλούσιος ἐλάλησε καὶ πάντες ἐσίγησαν, καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ ἀνύψωσαν ἕως τῶν νεφελῶν· πτωχὸς ἐλάλησε, καὶ εἶπαν, τίς οὗτος; κἂν προσκόψῃ, προσανατρέψουσιν αὐτόν.
13:24	Ἀγαθὸς ὁ πλοῦτος ᾧ μὴ ἔστιν ἁμαρτία, καὶ πονηρὰ ἡ πτωχεία ἐν στόμασιν ἀσεβοῦς.
13:25	Καρδία ἀνθρώπου ἀλλοιοῖ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, ἐὰν εἰς ἀγαθὰ ἐάν τε εἰς κακά.
13:26	Ἴχνος καρδίας ἐν ἀγαθοῖς πρόσωπον ἱλαρὸν, καὶ εὕρεσις παραβολῶν διαλογισμοὶ μετὰ κόπου.
14:1	Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὃς οὐκ ὠλίσθησεν ἐν στόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ κατενύγη ἐν λύπῃ ἁμαρτίας.
14:2	Μακάριος οὗ οὐ κατέγνω ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὃς οὐκ ἔπεσεν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐλπίδος αὐτοῦ.
14:3	Ἀνδρὶ μικρολόγῳ οὐ καλὸς ὁ πλοῦτος, καὶ ἀνθρώπῳ βασκάνῳ ἱνατί χρήματα;
14:4	Ὁ συνάγων ἀπὸ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, συνάγει ἄλλοις, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς αὐτοῦ τρυφήσουσιν ἕτεροι.
14:5	Ὁ πονηρὸς ἑαυτῷ, τίνι ἀγαθὸς ἔσται; καὶ οὐ μὴ εὐφρανθήσεται ἐν τοῖς χρήμασιν αὐτοῦ.
14:6	Τοῦ βασκαίνοντος ἑαυτὸν οὐκ ἔστι πονηρότερος, καὶ τοῦτο ἀνταπόδομα τῆς κακίας αὐτοῦ·
14:7	κᾂν εὐποιῇ, ἐν λήθῃ ποιεῖ, καὶ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων ἐκφαίνει τὴν κακίαν αὐτοῦ.
14:8	Πονηρὸς ὁ βασκαίνων ὀφθαλμῷ, ἀποστρέφων πρόσωπον καὶ ὁ ὑπερορῶν ψυχάς.
14:9	Πλεονέκτου ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ ἐμπίπλαται μερίδι, καὶ ἀδικία πονηρὰ ἀναξηρανει ψυχήν.
14:10	Ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρὸς φθονερὸς ἐπʼ ἄρτῳ, καὶ ἐλλιπὴς ἐπὶ τῆς τραπέζης αὐτοῦ.
14:11	Τέκνον, καθὼς ἐὰν ἔχεις εὐποίει σεαυτόν, καὶ προσφορὰς Κυρίῳ ἀξίως πρόσαγε.
14:12	Μνήσθητι ὅτι θάνατος οὐ χρονιεῖ, καὶ διαθήκη ᾅδου οὐχ ὑπεδείχθη σοι.
14:13	Πρίν σε τελευτῆσαι εὐποίει φίλῳ, καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἰσχύν σου ἔκτεινον καὶ δὸς αὐτῷ.
14:14	Μὴ ἀφυστερήσῃς ἀπὸ ἀγαθῆς ἡμέρας, καὶ μερὶς ἐπιθυμίας ἀγαθῆς μή σε παρελθάτω.
14:15	Οὐχὶ ἑτέρῳ καταλείψεις τοὺς πόνους σου, καὶ τοὺς κόπους σου εἰς διαίρεσιν κλήρου;
14:16	Δὸς καὶ λάβε, καὶ ἀπάτησον τὴν ψυχήν σου, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ᾅδου ζητῆσαι τρυφήν.
14:17	Πᾶσα σὰρξ ὡς ἱμάτιον παλαιοῦται, ἡ γὰρ διαθήκη ἀπʼ αἰῶνος θανάτῳ ἀποθανῇ.
14:18	Ὡς φύλλον θάλλον ἐπὶ δένδρου δασέος, τὰ μὲν καταβάλλει, ἀλλα δὲ φύει· οὕτως γενεὰ σαρκὸς καὶ αἵματος, ἡ μὲν τελευτᾷ, ἑτέρα δὲ γεννᾶται.
14:19	Πᾶν ἔργον σηπόμενον ἐκλείπει, καὶ ὁ ἐργαζόμενος αὐτὸ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἀπελεύσεται.
14:20	Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὃς ἐν σοφίᾳ τελευτήσει, καὶ ὃς ἐν συνέσει αὐτοῦ διαλεχθήσεται·
14:21	ὡ διανοούμενος τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀποκρύφοις αὐτῆς νοηθήσεται.
14:22	Ἔξελθε ὀπίσω αὐτῆς ὡς ἰχνευτὴς, καὶ ἐν ταῖς εἰσόδοις αὐτῆς ἐνέδρευε.
14:23	Ὁ παρακύπτων διὰ τῶν θυρίδων αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν θυρωμάτων αὐτῆς ἀκροάσεται·
14:24	ὁ καταλύων σύνεγγυς τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς, καὶ πήξει πάσσαλον ἐν τοῖς τοίχοις αὐτῆς.
14:25	Στήσει τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ κατὰ χεῖρας αὐτῆς, καὶ καταλύσει ἐν καταλύματι ἀγαθῶν.
14:26	Θήσει τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ σκέπῃ αὐτῆς, καὶ ὑπὸ τοὺς κλάδους αὐτῆς αὐλισθήσεται.
14:27	Σκεπασθήσεται ὑπʼ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ καύματος, καὶ ἐν τῇ δόξῃ αὐτῆς καταλύσει.
15:1	Ὁ φοβούμενος Κύριον ποιήσει αὐτὸ, καὶ ὁ ἐγκρατὴς τοῦ νόμου καταλήψεται αὐτήν·
15:2	καὶ ὑπαντήσεται αὐτῷ ὡς μήτηρ, καὶ ὡς γυνὴ παρθενίας προσδέξεται αὐτόν·
15:3	ψωμιεῖ αὐτὸν ἄρτον συνέσεως, καὶ ὕδωρ σοφίας ποτίσει αὐτόν.
15:4	Στηριχθήσεται ἐπʼ αὐτὴν καὶ οὐ μὴ κλιθῇ, καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτῆς ἐφέξει καὶ οὐ μὴ καταισχυνθῇ.
15:5	Καὶ ὑψώσει αὐτὸν παρὰ τοὺς πλησίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας ἀνοίξει στόμα αὐτοῦ.
15:6	Εὐφροσύνην καὶ στέφανον ἀγαλλιάματος καὶ ὄνομα αἰώνιον κατακληρονομήσει.
15:7	Οὐ μὴ καταλήψονται αὐτὴν ἄνθρωποι ἀσύνετοι, καὶ ἄνδρες ἁμαρτωλοὶ οὐ μὴ ἴδωσιν αὐτήν.
15:8	Μακράν ἐστιν ὑπερηφανίας, καὶ ἄνδρες ψεῦσται οὐ μὴ μνησθήσονται αὐτῆς.
15:9	Οὐχ ὡραῖος αἶνος ἐν στόματι ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ὅτι οὐ παρὰ Κυρίου ἀπεστάλη.
15:10	Ἐν γὰρ σοφίᾳ ῥηθήσεται αἶνος, καὶ ὁ Κύριος εὐοδώσει αὐτόν.
15:11	Μὴ εἴπῃς, ὅτι διὰ Κύριον ἀπέστην· ἃ γὰρ ἐμίσησεν, οὐ ποιήσεις.
15:12	Μὴ εἴπῃς, ὅτι αὐτός με ἐπλάνησεν· οὐ γὰρ χρείαν ἔχει ἀνδρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ.
15:13	Πᾶν βδέλυγμα ἐμίσησε Κύριος, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαπητὸν τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτόν.
15:14	Αὐτὸς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐποίησεν ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ἀφῆκεν αὐτὸν ἐν χειρὶ διαβουλίου αὐτοῦ.
15:15	Ἐὰν θέλῃς, συντηρήσεις ἐντολὰς, καὶ πίστιν ποιῆσαι εὐδοκίας.
15:16	Παρέθηκέ σοι πῦρ καὶ ὕδωρ, οὗ ἐὰν θέλῃς ἐκτενεῖς τὴν χεῖρά σου.
15:17	Ἔναντι ἀνθρώπων ἡ ζωὴ καὶ ὁ θάνατος, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν εὐδοκήσῃ δοθήσεται αὐτῷ.
15:18	Ὅτι πολλὴ σοφία τοῦ Κυρίου, ἰσχυρὸς ἐν δυναστείᾳ καὶ βλέπων τὰ πάντα.
15:19	Καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τοὺς φοβουμένους αὐτὸν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπιγνώσεται πᾶν ἔργον ἀνθρώπου.
15:20	Καὶ οὐκ ἐνετείλατο οὐδενὶ ἀσεβεῖν, καὶ οὐκ ἔδωκεν ἄνεσιν οὐδενὶ ἁμαρτάνειν.
16:1	Μὴ ἐπιθύμει τέκνων πλῆθος ἀχρήστων, μὴ εὐφραίνου ἐπὶ υἱοῖς ἀσεβέσιν.
16:2	Ἐὰν πληθύνωσι, μὴ εὐφραίνου ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς, εἰ μή ἐστι φόβος Κυρίου μετʼ αὐτῶν.
16:3	Μὴ ἐμπιστεύσῃς τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν, καὶ μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον αὐτῶν· κρείσσων γὰρ εἷς ἢ χίλιοι, καὶ ἀποθανεῖν ἄτεκνον ἢ ἔχειν τέκνα ἀσεβῆ·
16:4	ἀπὸ γὰρ ἑνὸς συνετοῦ συνοικισθήσεται πόλις, φυλὴ δὲ ἀνόμων ἐρημωθήσεται.
16:5	Πολλὰ τοιαῦτα ἑώρακα ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς μου, καὶ ἰσχυρότερα τούτων ἀκήκοε τὸ οὖς μου.
16:6	Ἐν συναγωγῇ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐκκαυθήσεται πῦρ, καὶ ἐν ἔθνει ἀπειθεῖ ἐξεκαύθη ὀργή.
16:7	Οὐκ ἐξιλάσατο περὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων γιγάντων, οἳ ἀπέστησαν τῇ ἰσχύϊ αὐτῶν.
16:8	Οὐκ ἐφείσατο περὶ τῆς παροικίας Λὼτ, οὓς ἐβδελύξατο διὰ τὴν ὑπερηφανίαν αὐτῶν.
16:9	Οὐκ ἠλέησεν ἔθνος ἀπωλείας, τοὺς ἐξῃρμένους ἐν ἁμαρτίαις αὐτῶν·
16:10	καὶ οὕτως ἑξακοσίας χιλιάδας πεζῶν τοὺς ἐπισυναχθέντας ἐν σκληροκαρδίᾳ αὐτῶν.
16:11	Κᾂν ᾖ εἷς σκληροτράχηλος, θαυμαστὸν, τοῦτο εἰ ἀθωωθήσεται, ἔλεος γὰρ καὶ ὀργὴ παρʼ αὐτοῦ· δυνάστης ἐξιλασμῶν· καὶ ἐκχέων ὀργήν.
16:12	Κατὰ τὸ πολὺ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ, οὕτως καὶ πολὺς ὁ ἔλεγχος αὐτοῦ· ἄνδρα κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ κρίνει.
16:13	Οὐκ ἐκφεύξεται ἐν ἁρπάγμασιν ἁμαρτωλὸς, καὶ οὐ μὴ καθυστερήσει ὑπομονὴν εὐσεβοῦς.
16:14	Πάσῃ ἐλεημοσύνῃ ποιήσει τόπον, ἕκαστος κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ εὑρήσει.
16:17	Μὴ εἴπῃς, ὅτι ἀπὸ Κυρίου κρυβήσομαι, μὴ ἐξ ὕψους τίς μου μνησθήσεται; ἐν λαῷ πλείονι οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ, τίς γὰρ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν ἀμετρήτῳ κτίσει;
16:18	Ἰδοὺ ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἄβυσσος καὶ γῆ σαλευθήσονται ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ αὐτοῦ·
16:19	ἅμα τὰ ὄρη καὶ τὰ θεμέλια τῆς γῆς, ἐν τῷ ἐπιβλέψαι εἰς αὐτὰ, τρόμῳ συσσείονται,
16:20	καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς οὐ διανοηθήσεται καρδία· καὶ τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ τίς ἐνθυμηθήσεται;
16:21	Καὶ καταιγὶς, ἣν οὐκ ὄψεται ἄνθρωπος, τὰ δὲ πλείονα τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀποκρύφοις.
16:22	Ἔργα δικαιοσύνης τίς ἀναγγελεῖ, ἢ τίς ὑπομενεῖ; μακρὰν γὰρ ἡ διαθήκη.
16:23	Ἐλαττούμενος καρδίᾳ διανοεῖται ταῦτα, καὶ ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ πλανώμενος διανοεῖται μωρά.
16:24	Ἄκουσόν μου, τέκνον, καὶ μάθε ἐπιστήμην, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων μου πρόσεχε τῇ καρδίᾳ σου.
16:25	Ἐκφαίνω ἐν σταθμῷ παιδείαν, καὶ ἐν ἀκριβείᾳ ἀπαγγέλλω ἐπιστήμην.
16:26	Ἐν κρίσει Κυρίου τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, καὶ ἀπὸ ποιήσεως αὐτῶν διέστειλε μερίδας αὐτῶν.
16:27	Ἐκόσμησεν εἰς αἰῶνα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰς ἀρχὰς αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν· οὔτε ἐπείνασαν, οὔτε ἐκοπίασαν, καὶ οὐκ ἐξέλιπον ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτων.
16:28	Ἕκαστος τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔθλιψε, καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος οὐκ ἀπειθήσουσι τοῦ ῥήματος αὐτοῦ·
16:29	καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα Κύριος εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐπέβλεψε, καὶ ἐνέπλησεν αὐτὴν τῶν ἀγαθῶν αὐτοῦ.
16:30	Ψυχὴν παντὸς ζώου ἐκάλυψε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς, καὶ εἰς αὐτὴν ἡ ἀποστροφὴ αὐτῶν.
17:1	Κύριος ἔκτισεν ἐκ γῆς ἄνθρωπον, καὶ πάλιν ἀπέστρεψεν αὐτὸν εἰς αὐτήν.
17:2	Ἡμέρας ἀριθμοῦ καὶ καιρὸν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τῶν ἐπʼ αὐτῆς.
17:3	Καθʼ ἑαυτοὺς ἐνέδυσεν αὐτοὺς ἰσχὺν, καὶ κατʼ εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς.
17:4	Καὶ ἔθηκε τὸν φόβον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πάσης σαρκός, καὶ κατακυριεύειν θηρίων καὶ πετεινῶν.
17:6	Διαβούλιον καὶ γλῶσσαν καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς, ὦτα καὶ καρδίαν ἔδωκε διανοεῖσθαι αὐτοῖς.
17:7	Ἐπιστήμην συνέσεως ἐνέπλησεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἀγαθὰ καὶ κακὰ ὑπέδειξεν αὐτοῖς.
17:8	Ἔθηκε τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν, δεῖξαι αὐτοῖς τὸ μεγαλεῖον τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ·
17:10	καὶ ὄνομα ἁγιασμοῦ αἰνέσουσιν, ἵνα διηγῶνται τὰ μεγαλεῖα τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ.
17:11	Προσέθηκεν αὐτοῖς ἐπιστήμην, καὶ νόμον ζωῆς ἐκληροδότησεν αὐτοῖς.
17:12	Διαθήκην αἰῶνος ἔστησε μετʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ ὑπέδειξεν αὐτοῖς.
17:13	Μεγαλεῖον δόξης εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ δόξαν φωνῆς αὐτῶν ἤκουσε τὸ οὖς αὐτῶν.
17:14	Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, προσέχετε ἀπὸ παντὸς ἀδίκου· καὶ ἐνετείλατο αὐτοῖς ἑκάστῳ περὶ τοῦ πλησίον.
17:15	Αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτῶν ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ διαπαντὸς, οὐ κρυβήσονται ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ.
17:17	Ἑκάστῳ ἔθνει κατέστησεν ἡγούμενον, καὶ μερὶς Κυρίου Ἰσραήλ ἐστιν.
17:19	Ἅπαντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν ὡς ὁ ἥλιος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐνδελεχεῖς ἐπὶ τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν.
17:20	Οὐκ ἐκρύβησαν αἱ ἀδικίαι αὐτῶν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ἁμαρτίαι αὐτῶν ἔναντι Κυρίου.
17:22	Ἐλεημοσύνη ἀνδρὸς ὡς σφραγὶς μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ χάριν ἀνθρώπου ὡς κόρην συντηρήσει.
17:23	Μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξαναστήσεται καὶ ἀνταποδώσει αὐτοῖς, καὶ τὸ ἀνταπόδομα αὐτῶν εἰς κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν ἀποδώσει.
17:24	Πλὴν μετανοοῦσιν ἔδωκεν ἐπάνοδον, καὶ παρεκάλεσεν ἐκλείποντας ὑπομονήν.
17:25	Ἐπίστρεφε ἐπὶ Κύριον καὶ ἀπόλειπε ἁμαρτίας, δεήθητι κατὰ πρόσωπον καὶ σμίκρυνον πρόσκομμα.
17:26	Ἐπάναγε ἐπὶ ὕψιστον, καὶ ἀπόστρεφε ἀπὸ ἀδικίας, καὶ σφόδρα μίσησον βδέλυγμα.
17:27	Ὑψίστῳ τίς αἰνέσει ἐν ᾅδου; ἀντὶ ζώντων καὶ ζώντων καὶ διδόντων ἀνθομολόγησιν.
17:28	Ἀπὸ νεκροῦ ὡς μηδὲ ὄντος ἀπόλλυται ἐξομολόγησις· ζῶν καὶ ὑγιὴς αἰνέσει τὸν Κύριον.
17:29	Ὡς μεγάλη ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ ἐξιλασμὸς τοῖς ἐπιστρέφουσιν ἐπʼ αὐτόν·
17:30	οὐ γὰρ δύναται πάντα εἶναι ἐν ἀνθρώποις, ὅτι οὐκ ἀθάνατος υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου.
17:31	Τί φωτεινότερον ἡλίου; καὶ τοῦτο ἐκλείπει, καὶ πονηρὸς ἐνθυμηθήσεται σάρκα καὶ αἷμα.
17:32	Δύναμιν ὕψους οὐρανοῦ αὐτὸς ἐπισκέπτεται, καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι πάντες γῆ καὶ σποδός.
18:1	Ὁ ζῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἔκτισε τὰ πάντα κοινῇ.
18:2	Κύριος μόνος δικαιωθήσεται.
18:4	Οὐθενὶ ἐξεποίησεν ἐξαγγεῖλαι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ· καὶ τίς ἐξιχνιάσει τὰ μεγαλεῖα αὐτοῦ;
18:5	Κράτος μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ τίς ἐξαριθμήσεται; καὶ τίς προσθήσει ἐκδιηγήσασθαι τὰ ἐλέη αὐτοῦ;
18:6	Οὐκ ἔστιν ἐλαττῶσαι οὐδὲ προσθεῖναι, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξιχνιάσαι τὰ θαυμάσια τοῦ Κυρίου.
18:7	Ὅταν συντελέσῃ ἄνθρωπος τότε ἄρχεται, καὶ ὅταν παύσηται τότε ἀπορηθήσεται.
18:8	Τί ἄνθρωπος, καὶ τί ἡ χρῆσις αὐτοῦ; τί τὸ ἀγαθὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τί τὸ κακὸν αὐτοῦ;
18:9	Ἀριθμὸς ἡμερῶν ἀνθρώπου πολλὰ ἔτη ἑκατόν.
18:10	Ὡς σταγὼν ὕδατος ἀπὸ θαλάσσης καὶ ψῆφος ἄμμου, οὕτως ὀλίγα ἔτη ἐν ἡμέρᾳ αἰῶνος.
18:11	Διὰ τοῦτο ἐμακροθύμησε Κύριος ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐξέχεεν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ.
18:12	Εἶδε καὶ ἐπέγνω τὴν καταστροφὴν αὐτῶν ὅτι πονηρὰ, διὰ τοῦτο ἐπλήθυνε τὸν ἐξιλασμὸν αὐτοῦ.
18:13	Ἔλεος ἄνθρώπου ἐπὶ τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ, ἔλεος δὲ Κυρίου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα, ἐλέγχων καὶ παιδεύων καὶ διδάσκων καὶ ἐπιστρέφων ὡς ποιμὴν τὸ ποίμνιον αὐτοῦ.
18:14	Τοὺς ἐκδεχομένους παιδείαν ἐλεεῖ, καὶ τοὺς κατασπεύδοντας ἐπὶ τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ.
18:15	Τέκνον, ἐν ἀγαθοῖς μὴ δῷς μῶμον, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ δόσει λύπην λόγων.
18:16	Οὐχὶ καύσωνα ἀναπαύσει δρόσος; οὕτως κρείσσων λόγος ἢ δόσις.
18:17	Οὐκ ἰδοὺ λόγος ὑπὲρ δόμα ἀγαθόν; καὶ ἀμφότερα παρὰ ἀνδρὶ κεχαριτωμένῳ.
18:18	Μωρὸς ἀχαρίστως ὀνειδιεῖ, καὶ δόσις βασκάνου ἐκτήκει ὀφθαλμούς.
18:19	Πρινὴ λαλῆσαι μάνθανε, καὶ πρὸ ἀῤῥωστίας θεραπεύου.
18:20	Πρὸ κρίσεως ἐξέταζε σεαυτόν, καὶ ἐν ὥρᾳ ἐπισκοπῆς εὑρήσεις ἐξιλασμόν.
18:21	Πρὶν ἀῤῥωστῆσαί σε ταπεινώθητι, καὶ ἐν καιρῷ ἁμαρτημάτων δεῖξον ἐπιστροφήν.
18:22	Μὴ ἐμποδισθῇς τοῦ ἀποδοῦναι εὐχὴν εὐκαίρως, καὶ μὴ μείνῃς ἕως θανάτου δικαιωθῆναι.
18:23	Πρὶν εὔξασθαι ἑτοίμασον σεαυτὸν, και μὴ γίνου ὡς ἄνθρωπος πειράζων τὸν Κύριον.
18:24	Μνήσθητι θυμοῦ ἐν ἡμέραις τελευτῆς, καὶ καιρὸν ἐκδικήσεως ἐν ἀποστροφῇ προσώπου.
18:25	Μνήσθητι καιρὸν λιμοῦ ἐν καιρῷ πλησμονῆς, πτωχείαν καὶ ἔνδειαν ἐν ἡμέραις πλούτου.
18:26	Ἀπὸ πρωΐθεν ἕως ἑσπέρας μεταβάλλει καιρὸς, καὶ πάντα ἐστὶ ταχινὰ ἔναντι Κυρίου.
18:27	Ἄνθρωπος σοφὸς ἐν παντὶ εὐλαβηθήσεται, καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις ἁμαρτιῶν προσέξει ἀπὸ πλημμελείας·
18:28	πᾶς συνετὸς ἔγνω σοφίαν, καὶ τῷ εὑρόντι αὐτὴν δώσει ἐξομολόγησιν.
18:29	Συνετοὶ ἐν λόγοις καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐσοφίσαντο, καὶ ἀνώμβρησαν παροιμίας ἀκριβεῖς. ἘΓΚΡΑΤΕΙΑ ΨΥΧΗΣ.
18:30	Ὀπίσω τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν σου μὴ πορεύου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ὀρέξεών σου κωλύου.
18:31	Ἐὰν χορηγήσεῃς τῇ ψυχῇ σου εὐδοκίαν ἐπιθυμίας, ποιήσει σε ἐπίχαρμα τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου.
18:32	Μὴ εὐφραίνου ἐπὶ πολλῇ τρυφῇ, μηδὲ προσδεθῇς συμβολῇ αὐτῆς.
18:33	Μὴ γίνου πτωχὸς συμβολοκοπῶν ἐκ δανεισμοῦ, καὶ οὐδέν σοι ἐστὶν ἐν μαρσυπείῳ.
19:1	Ἐργάτης μέθυσος οὐ πλουτισθήσεται, ὁ ἐξουθενῶν τὰ ὀλίγα κατὰ μικρὸν πεσεῖται.
19:2	Οἶνος καὶ γυναῖκες ἀποστήσουσι συνετοὺς, καὶ ὁ κολλώμενος πόρναις τολμηρότερος ἔσται.
19:3	Σήτες καὶ σκώληκες κληρονομήσουσιν αὐτόν, καὶ ψυχὴ τολμηρὰ ἐξαρθήσεται.
19:4	Ὁ ταχὺ ἐμπιστεύων, κοῦφος καρδίᾳ, καὶ ὁ ἁμαρτάνων εἰς ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ πλημμελήσει.
19:5	Ὁ εὐφραινόμενος καρδίᾳ καταγνωσθήσεται,
19:6	καὶ ὁ μισῶν λαλιὰν ἐλαττονοῦται κακίᾳ.
19:7	Μηδέποτε δευτερώσῃς λόγον, καὶ οὐθέν σοι οὐ μὴ ἐλαττονωθῇ.
19:8	Ἐν φίλῳ καὶ ἐν ἐχθρῷ μὴ διηγοῦ, καὶ εἰ μή ἐστί σοι ἁμαρτία, μὴ ἀποκάλυπτε.
19:9	Ἀκήκοε γάρ σου καὶ ἐφυλάξατό σε, καὶ ἐν καιρῷ μισήσει σε.
19:10	Ἀκήκοας λόγον; συναποθανέτω σοι, θάρσει, οὐ μή σε ῥήξει.
19:11	Ἀπὸ προσώπου λόγου ὠδινήσει μωρὸς, ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου βρέφους ἡ τίκτουσα.
19:12	Βέλος πεπηγὸς ἐν μηρῷ σαρκὸς, οὕτως λόγος ἐν κοιλίᾳ μωροῦ.
19:13	Ἔλεγξον φίλον, μήποτε οὐκ ἐποίησε, καὶ εἴ τι ἐποίησε, μήποτε προσθῇ.
19:14	Ἔλεγξον τὸν φίλον, μήποτε οὐκ εἶπε, καὶ εἰ εἴρηκεν, ἵνα μὴ δευτερώσῃ.
19:15	Ἔλεγξον φίλον, πολλάκις γὰρ γίνεται διαβολὴ, καὶ μὴ παντὶ λόγῳ πίστευε.
19:16	Ἔστιν ὀλισθαίνων καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ ψυχῆς· καὶ τίς οὐχ ἡμάρτησεν ἐν τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ;
19:17	Ἔλεγξον τὸν πλησίον σου πρινη ἀπειλῆσαι, καὶ δὸς τόπον νόμῳ ὑψίστου.
19:20	Πᾶσα σοφία φόβος Κυρίου, καὶ ἐν πάσῃ σοφίᾳ ποίησις νόμου.
19:22	Καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σοφία πονηρίας ἐπιστήμη, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν, ὅπου βουλὴ ἁμαρτωλῶν, φρόνησις.
19:23	Ἔστι πονηρία καὶ αὕτη βδέλυγμα, καὶ ἔστιν ἄφρων ἐλαττούμενος σοφίᾳ.
19:24	Κρείττων ἡττώμενος ἐν συνέσει ἔμφοβος, ἢ περισσεύων ἐν φρονήσει καὶ παραβαίνων νόμον.
19:25	Ἔστι πανουργία ἀκριβὴς καὶ αὕτη ἄδικος, καὶ ἔστι διαστρέφων χάριν τοῦ ἐκφᾶναι κρίμα.
19:26	Ἔστι πονηρευόμενος συγκεκυφὼς μελανίᾳ, καὶ τὰ ἐντὸς αὐτοῦ πλήρης δόλου.
19:27	Συγκύφων πρόσωπον καὶ ἑτεροκωφῶν, ὅπου οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθη, προφθάσει σε.
19:28	Καὶ ἐὰν ὑπὸ ἐλαττώματος ἰσχύος κωλυθῇ ἁμαρτεῖν, ἐὰν εὕρῃ καιρὸν, κακοποιήσει.
19:29	Ἀπὸ ὁράσεως ἐπιγνωσθήσεται ἀνὴρ, καὶ ἀπὸ ἀπαντήσεως προσώπου ἐπιγνωσθήσεται νοήμων.
19:30	Στολισμὸς ἀνδρὸς καὶ γέλως ὀδόντων καὶ βήματα ἀνθρώπου ἀναγγέλλει τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ.
21:1	Τέκνον, ἥμαρτες; μὴ προσθῇς μηκέτι, καὶ περὶ τῶν προτέρων σου δεήθητι.
21:2	Ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου ὄφεως, φεῦγε ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας, ἐὰν γὰρ προσέλθῃς, δήξεταί σε· ὀδόντες λέοντος οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτῆς, ἀναιροῦντες ψυχὰς ἀνθρώπεν.
21:3	Ὡς ῥομφαία δίστομος πᾶσα ἀνομία, τῇ πληγῇ αὐτῆς οὐκ ἔστιν ἴασις.
21:4	Καταπληγμὸς καὶ ὕβρις ἐρημώσουσι πλοῦτον, οὕτως οἶκος ὑπερηφάνου ἐρημωθήσεται.
21:5	Δέησις πτωχοῦ ἐκ στόματος ἕως ὠτίων αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ κρίμα αὐτοῦ κατὰ σπουδὴν ἔρχεται.
21:6	Μισῶν ἐλεγμὸν, ἐν ἴχνει ἁμαρτωλοῦ, καὶ ὁ φοβούμενος Κύριον ἐπιστρέψει ἐν καρδίᾳ.
21:7	Γνωστὸς μακρόθεν ὁ δυνατὸς ἐν γλώσσῃ, ὁ δὲ νοήμων οἶδεν ἐν τῷ ὀλισθαίνειν αὐτόν.
21:8	Ὁ οἰκοδομῶν τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ ἐν χρήμασιν ἀλλοτρίοις, ὡς ὁ συνάγων αὐτοῦ τοὺς λίθους εἰς χειμῶνα.
21:9	Στυππεῖον συνηγμένον συναγωγὴ ἀνόμων, καὶ ἡ συντέλεια αὐτῶν φλὸξ πυρός.
21:10	Ὁδὸς ἁμαρτωλῶν ὡμαλισμένη ἐκ λίθων, καὶ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτῳ αὐτῆς βόθρος ᾅδου.
21:11	Ὁ φύλασσων νόμον κατακρατεῖ τοῦ ἐννοήματος αὐτοῦ, καὶ συντέλεια τοῦ φόβου Κυρίου σοφία.
21:12	Οὐ παιδευθήσεται ὃς οὐκ ἔστι πανοῦργος· ἔστι πανουργία πληθύνουσα πικρίαν.
21:13	Γνῶσις σοφοῦ ὡς κατακλυσμὸς πληθυνθήσεται, καὶ ἡ βουλὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς πηγὴ ζωῆς.
21:14	Ἔγκατα μωροῦ ὡς ἀγγεῖον συντετριμμένον, καὶ πᾶσαν γνῶσιν οὐ κρατήσει.
21:15	Λόγον σοφὸν ἐὰν ἀκούσῃ ἐπιστήμων, αἰνέσει αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν προσθήσει· ἤκουσεν ὁ σπαταλῶν καὶ ἀπήρεσεν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν αὐτὸν ὀπίσω τοῦ νώτου αὐτοῦ.
21:16	Ἐξήγησις μωροῦ ὡς ἐν ὁδῷ φορτίον, ἐπὶ δὲ χείλους συνετοῦ εὑρεθήσεται χάρις.
21:17	Στόμα φρονίμου ζητηθήσεται ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ, καὶ τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ διανοηθήσεται ἐν καρδίᾳ.
21:18	Ὡς οἶκος ἠφανισμένος οὕτως μωρῷ σοφία· καὶ γνῶσις ἀσυνέτου, ἀδιεξέταστοι λόγοι.
21:19	Πέδαι ἐν ποσὶν ἀνόητοις παιδεία, καὶ ὡς χειροπέδαι ἐπὶ χειρὸς δεξιᾶς.
21:20	Μωρὸς ἐν γέλωτι ἀνυψοῖ φωνὴν αὐτοῦ, ἀνὴρ δὲ πανοῦργος μόλις ἡσυχῇ μειδιάσει.
21:21	Ὡς κόσμος χρυσοῦ φρονίμῳ παιδεία, καὶ ὡς χλιδὼν ἐπὶ βραχίονι δεξιῷ.
21:22	Ποὺς μωροῦ ταχὺς εἰς οἰκίαν, ἄνθρωπος δὲ πολύπειρος αἰσχυνθήσεται ἀπὸ προσώπου.
21:23	Ἄφρων ἀπὸ θύρας παρακύπτει εἰς οἰκίαν, ἀνὴρ δὲ πεπαιδευμένος ἔξω στήσεται.
21:24	Ἀπαιδευσία ἀνθρώπου ἀκροᾶσθαι παρὰ θύραν, ὁ δὲ φρόνιμος βαρυνθήσεται ἀτιμίᾳ.
21:25	Χείλη ἀλλοτρίων ἐν τούτοις βαρυνθήσεται, λόγοι δὲ φρονίμων ἐν ζυγῷ σταθήσονται.
21:26	Ἐν στόματι μωρῶν ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν, καρδία δὲ σοφῶν στόμα αὐτῶν.
21:27	Ἐν τῷ καταρᾶσθαι ἀσεβῆ τὸν Σατανᾶν, αὐτὸς καταρᾶται τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν.
21:28	Μολύνει τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ὁ ψιθυρίζων, καὶ ἐν παροικήσει μισηθήσεται.
23:1	Κύριε πάτερ καὶ δέσποτα ζωῆς μου, μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με ἐν βουλῇ αὐτῶν, μὴ ἀφῇς με πεσεῖν ἐν αὐτοῖς.
23:2	Τίς ἐπιστήσει ἐπὶ τοῦ διανοήματός μου μάστιγας, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς καρδίας μου παιδείαν σοφίας; ἵνα ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀγνοήμασί μου μὴ φείσωνται, καὶ οὐ μὴ παρῇ τὰ ἁμαρτήματα αὐτῶν,
23:3	ὅπως μὴ πληθύνωσιν αἱ ἄγνοιαί μου, καὶ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι μου πλεονάσωσιν, καὶ πεσοῦμαι ἔναντι τῶν ὑπεναντίων, καὶ ἐπιχαρεῖταί μοι ὁ ἐχθρός μου.
23:4	Κύριε πάτερ καὶ Θεὲ ζωῆς μου, μετεωρισμὸν ὀφθαλμῶν μὴ δῷς μοι,
23:5	καὶ ἐπιθυμίαν ἀπόστρεψον ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ.
23:6	Κοιλίας ὄρεξις καὶ συνουσιασμὸς μὴ καταλαβέτωσάν με, καὶ ψυχῇ ἀναιδεῖ μὴ παραδῷς με. ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ ΣΤΟΜΑΤΟΣ.
23:7	Παιδείαν στόματος ἀκούσατε τέκνα, καὶ ὁ φυλάσσων οὐ μὴ ἁλῷ ἐν τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ.
23:8	Καταλειφθήσεται ἁμαρτωλὸς, καὶ λοίδορος καὶ ὑπερήφανος σκανδαλισθήσονται ἐν αὐτοῖς.
23:9	Ὅρκῳ μὴ ἐθίσῃς τὸ στόμα σου, καὶ ὀνομασίᾳ τοῦ ἁγίου μὴ συνεθισθῇς.
23:10	Ὥσπερ γὰρ οἰκέτης ἐξεταζόμενος ἐνδελεχῶς ἀπὸ μώλωπος οὐκ ἐλαττωθήσεται, οὕτως ὁ καὶ ὀμνύων καὶ ὀνομάζων διαπαντὸς ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας οὐ μὴ καθαρισθῇ.
23:11	Ἀνὴρ πολύορκος πλησθήσεται ἀνομίας, καὶ οὐκ ἀποστήσεται ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ μάστιξ· ἐὰν πλημμελήσῃ, ἁμαρτία αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, κᾄν ὑπερίδῃ, ἥμαρτε δισσῶς· καὶ εἰ διακενῆς ὤμοσεν, οὐ δικαιωθήσεται, πλησθήσεται γὰρ ἐπαγωγῶν ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ.
23:12	Ἔστι λέξις ἀντιπεριβεβλημένη θανάτῳ, μὴ εὑρεθήτω ἐν κληρονομίᾳ Ἰακώβ· ἀπὸ γὰρ εὐσεβῶν ταῦτα πάντα ἀποστήσεται, καὶ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις οὐκ ἐγκυλισθήσονται.
23:13	Ἀπαιδευσίαν ἀσυρῆ μὴ συνεθίσῃς τὸ στόμα σου, ἔστι γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ λόγος ἁμαρτίας.
23:14	Μνήσθητι πατρὸς καὶ μητρός σου, ἀναμέσον γὰρ μεγιστάνων συνεδρεύεις· μήποτʼ ἐπιλάθῃ ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν, καὶ τῷ ἐθισμῷ σου μωρανθῇς, καὶ θελήσεις εἰ μὴ ἐγεννήθης, καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ τοκετοῦ σου καταράσῃ.
23:15	Ἄνθρωπος συνεθιζόμενος λόγοις ὀνειδισμοῦ, ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ οὐ μὴ παιδευθῇ.
23:16	Δύο εἴδη πληθύνουσιν ἁμαρτίας, καὶ τὸ τρίτον ἐπάξει ὀργήν· ψυχὴ θερμὴ ὡς πῦρ καιόμενον, οὐ μὴ σβεσθῆ ἕως ἂν καταποθῇ· ἄνθρωπος πόρνος ἐν σώματι σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ παύσηται ἕως ἂν ἐκκαύσῃ πῦρ.
23:17	Ἀνθρώπῳ πόρνῳ πᾶς ἄρτος ἡδὺς, οὐ μὴ κοπάσῃ ἕως ἂν τελευτήσῃ.
23:18	Ἄνθρωπος παραβαίνων ἀπὸ τῆς κλίνης αὐτοῦ, λέγων ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ, τίς μὲ ὁρᾷ; σκότος κύκλῳ μου, καὶ οἱ τοῖχοί με καλύπτουσι, καὶ οὐθείς με ὁρᾷ, τί εὐλαβοῦμαι; τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν μου οὐ μὴ μνησθήσεται ὁ ὕψιστος·
23:19	καὶ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἀνθρώπων ὁ φόβος αὐτοῦ· καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω ὅτι ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου μυριοπλασίως ἡλίου φωτεινότεροι, ἐπιβλέποντες πάσας ὁδοὺς ἀνθρώπων, καὶ κατανοοῦντες εἰς ἀπόκρυφα μέρη.
23:20	Πρινὴ κτισθῆναι τὰ πάντα ἔγνωσται αὐτῷ, οὕτως καὶ μετὰ τὸ συντελεσθῆναι.
23:21	Οὗτος ἐν πλατείαις πόλεως ἐκδικηθήσεται, καὶ οὗ οὐχ ὑπενόησε πιασθήσεται.
23:22	Οὕτως καὶ γυνὴ καταλιποῦσα τὸν ἄνδρα, καὶ παριστῶσα κληρονόμον ἐξ ἀλλοτρίου.
23:23	Πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ἐν νόμῳ ὑψίστου ἠπείθησε, καὶ δεύτερον εἰς ἄνδρα ἑαυτῆς ἐπλημμέλησε, καὶ τὸ τρίτον ἐν πορνείᾳ ἐμοιχεύθη, ἐξ ἀλλοτρίου ἀνδρὸς τέκνα παρέστησεν.
23:24	Αὕτη εἰς ἐκκλησίαν ἐξαχθήσεται, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς ἐπισκοπὴ ἔσται.
23:25	Οὐ διαδώσουσι τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς εἰς ῥίζαν, καὶ οἱ κλάδοι αὐτῆς οὐ δώσουσι καρπόν.
23:26	Καταλείψει εἰς κατάραν τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῆς, καὶ τὸ ὄνειδος αὐτῆς οὐκ ἐξαλειφθήσεται.
23:27	Καὶ ἐπιγνώσονται οἱ καταλειφθέντες, ὅτι οὐθὲν κρεῖττον φόβου Κυρίου, καὶ οὐθὲν γλυκύτερον τοῦ προσέχειν ἐντολαῖς Κυρίου. ΑΙΝΕΣΙΣ ΣΟΦΙΑΣ.
24:1	Ἡ σοφία αἰνέσει ψυχὴν αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ λαοῦ αὐτῆς καυχήσεται.
24:2	Ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ὑψίστου στόμα αὐτῆς ἀνοίξει, καὶ ἔναντι δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ καυχήσεται.
24:3	Ἐγὼ ἀπὸ στόματος ὑψίστου ἐξῆλθον, καὶ ὡς ὁμίχλη κατεκάλυψα γῆν.
24:4	Ἐγὼ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατεσκήνωσα, καὶ ὁ θρόνος μου ἐν στύλῳ νεφέλης.
24:5	Γῦρον οὐρανοῦ ἐκύκλωσα μόνη, καὶ ἐν βάθει ἀβύσσων περιεπάτησα.
24:6	Ἐν κύμασι θαλάσσης καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ, καὶ ἐν παντὶ λαῷ καὶ ἔθνει ἐκτησάμην.
24:7	Μετὰ τούτων πάντων ἀνάπαυσιν ἐζήτησα, καὶ ἐν κληρονομίᾳ τίνος αὐλισθήσομαι.
24:8	Τότε ἐνετείλατό μοι ὁ κτίστης ἁπάντων, καὶ ὁ κτίσας με κατέπαυσε τὴν σκηνήν μου, καὶ εἶπεν, ἐν Ἰακὼβ κατασκήνωσον, καὶ ἐν Ἰσραὴλ κατακληρονομήθητι.
24:9	Πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἔκτισέ με, καὶ ἕως αἰῶνος οὐ μὴ ἐκλίπω.
24:10	Ἐν σκηνῇ ἁγίᾳ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ἐλειτούργησα, καὶ οὕτως ἐν Σιὼν ἐστηρίχθην.
24:11	Ἐν πόλει ἠγαπημένῃ ὁμοίως με κατέπαυσε, καὶ ἐν Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἡ ἐξουσία μου.
24:12	Καὶ ἐῤῥίζωσα ἐν λαῷ δεδοξασμένῳ, ἐν μερίδι Κυρίου κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ.
24:13	Ὡς κέδρος ἀνυψώθην ἐν Λιβάνῳ, καὶ ὡς κυπάρισσος ἐν ὄρεσιν Ἀερμών.
24:14	Ὡς φοῖνιξ ἀνυψώθην ἐν αἰγιαλοῖς, καὶ ὡς φυτὰ ῥόδου ἐν Ἱεριχῶ· ὡς ἐλαία εὐπρεπὴς ἐν πεδίῳ, καὶ ἀνυψώθην ὡς πλάτανος.
24:15	Ὡς κιννάμωμον καὶ ἀσπάλαθος ἀρωμάτων δέδωκα ὀσμὴν, καὶ ὡς σμύρνα ἐκλεκτὴ διέδωκα εὐωδίαν· ὡς χαλβάνη καὶ ὄνυξ καὶ στακτὴ, καὶ ὡς λιβάνου ἀτμὶς ἐν σκηνῇ.
24:16	Ἐγὼ ὡς τερέμινθος ἐξέτεινα κλάδους μου, καὶ οἱ κλάδοι μου κλάδοι δόξης καὶ χάριτος.
24:17	Ἐγὼ ὡς ἄμπελος βλαστήσασα χάριν, καὶ τὰ ἄνθη μου καρπὸς δόξης καὶ πλούτου.
24:19	Προσέλθετε πρὸς μὲ οἱ ἐπιθυμοῦντές μου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γεννημάτων μου ἐμπλήσθητε.
24:20	Τὸ γὰρ μνημόσυνόν μου ὑπὲρ μέλι γλυκύ, καὶ ἡ κληρονομία μου ὑπὲρ μέλιτος κηροῦ.
24:21	Οἱ ἐσθίοντές με ἔτι πεινάσουσι, καὶ οἱ πίνοντές με ἔτι διψήσουσιν.
24:22	Ὁ ὑπακούων μου οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσεται, καὶ οἱ ἐργαζόμενοι ἐν ἐμοὶ οὐχ ἁμαρτήσουσι.
24:23	Ταῦτα πάντα βίβλος διαθήκης Θεοῦ ὑψίστου, νόμον ὃν ἐνετείλατο Μωυσῆς, κληρονομίαν συναγωγαῖς Ἰακώβ.
24:25	Ὁ πιμπλῶν ὡς Φεισὼν σοφίαν, καὶ ὡς Τίγρις ἐν ἡμέραις νέων·
24:26	ὁ ἀναπληρῶν ὡς Εὐφράτης σύνεσιν, καὶ ὡς Ἰορδάνης ἐν ἡμέραις θερισμοῦ·
24:27	ὁ ἐκφαίνων ὡς φῶς παιδείαν, ὡς Γηὼν ἐν ἡμέραις τρυγητοῦ.
24:28	Οὐ συνετέλεσεν ὁ πρῶτος γνῶναι αὐτὴν, καὶ οὕτως ὁ ἔσχατος οὐκ ἐξιχνίασεν αὐτήν·
24:29	Ἀπὸ γὰρ θαλάσσης ἐπληθύνθη διανόημα αὐτῆς, καὶ ἡ βουλὴ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ ἀβύσσου μεγάλης.
24:30	Κᾀγὼ ὡς διώρυξ ἀπὸ ποταμοῦ, καὶ ὡς ὑδραγωγὸς ἐξῆλθον εἰς παράδεισον.
24:31	Εἶπα, ποτιῶ μου τὸν κῆπον, καὶ μεθύσω μου τὴν πρασιάν· καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγένετό μοι ἡ διώρυξ εἰς ποταμὸν, καὶ ὁ ποταμός μου ἐγένετο εἰς θάλασσαν.
24:32	Ἔτι παιδείαν ὡς ὄρθρον φωτιῶ, καὶ ἐκφανῶ αὐτὰ ἕως εἰς μακράν.
24:33	Ἔτι διδασκαλίαν ὡς προφητείαν ἐκχεῶ, καὶ καταλείψω αὐτὴν εἰς γενεὰς αἰώνων.
24:34	Ἴδετε ὅτι οὐκ ἐμοὶ μόνῳ ἐκοπίασα, ἀλλὰ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐκζητοῦσιν αὐτήν.
25:1	Ἐν τρισὶν ὡραΐσθην, καὶ ἀνέστην ὡραία ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων· ὁμόνοια ἀδελφῶν, καὶ φιλία τῶν πλησίον, καὶ γυνὴ καὶ ἀνὴρ ἑαυτοῖς συπεριφερόμενοι.
25:2	Τρία δὲ εἴδη ἐμίσησεν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ προσώχθισα σφόδρα τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν· πτωχὸν ὑπερήφανον, καὶ πλούσιον ψεύστην, γέροντα μοιχὸν ἐλαττούμενον συνέσει.
25:3	Ἐν νεότητι οὐ συναγήοχας, καὶ πῶς ἂν εὕροις ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ σου;
25:4	Ὡς ὡραῖον πολιαῖς κρίσις, καὶ πρεσβυτέροις ἐπιγνῶναι βουλην;
25:5	Ὡς ὡραία γερόντων σοφία, καὶ δεδοξασμένοις διανόημα καὶ βουλή.
25:6	Στέφανος γερόντων πολυπειρία, καὶ τὸ καύχημα αὐτῶν φόβος Κυρίου.
25:7	Ἐννέα ὑπονοήματα ἐμακάρισα ἐν καρδίᾳ, καὶ τὸ δέκατον ἐρῶ ἐπὶ γλώσσης· ἄνθρωπος εὐφραινόμενος ἐπὶ τέκνοις, ζῶν καὶ βλέπων ἐπὶ πτώσει ἐχθρῶν.
25:8	Μακάριος ὁ συνοικῶν γυναικὶ συνετῇ, καὶ ὃς ἐν γλώσσῃ οὐκ ὠλίσθησε, καὶ ὃς οὐκ ἐδούλευσεν ἀναξίῳ αὐτοῦ.
25:9	Μακάριος ὃς εὗρε φρόνησιν, καὶ ὁ διηγούμενος εἰς ὦτα ἀκουόντων.
25:10	Ὡς μέγας ὁ εὑρὼν σοφίαν, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπὲρ τὸν φοβούμενον τὸν Κύριον.
25:11	Φόβος Κυρίου ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὑπερέβαλεν, ὁ κρατῶν αὐτοῦ τίνι ὁμοιωθήσεται;
25:13	Πᾶσαν πληγήν καὶ μὴ πληγὴν καρδίας, καὶ πᾶσαν πονηρίαν καὶ μὴ πονηρίαν γυναικός·
25:14	πᾶσαν ἐπαγωγήν καὶ μὴ ἐπαγωγὴν μισούντων, καὶ πᾶσαν ἐκδίκησιν καὶ μὴ ἐκδίκησιν ἐχθρῶν.
25:15	Οὐκ ἔστι κεφαλὴ ὑπὲρ κεφαλὴν ὄφεως, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι θυμὸς ὑπὲρ θυμὸν ἐχθροῦ.
25:16	Συνοικῆσαι λέοντι καὶ δράκοντι εὐδοκήσω, ἢ ἐνοικῆσαι μετὰ γυναικὸς πονηρᾶς.
25:17	Πονηρία γυναικὸς ἀλλοιοῖ τὴν ὅρασιν αὐτῆς, καὶ σκοτοῖ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς ὡς σάκκον.
25:18	Ἀναμέσον τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἀναπεσεῖται ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀκούσας ἀνεστέναξε πικρά.
25:19	Μικρὰ πᾶσα κακία πρὸς κακίαν γυναικός· κλῆρος ἁμαρτωλοῦ ἐπιπέσοι αὐτῇ.
25:20	Ἀνάβασις ἀμμώδης ἐν ποσὶ πρεσβυτέρου· οὕτως γυνὴ γλωσσώδης ἀνδρὶ ἡσύχῳ.
25:21	Μὴ προσπέσῃς ἐπὶ κάλλος γυναικὸς, καὶ γυναῖκα μὴ ἐπιποθήσῃς.
25:22	Ὀργὴ καὶ ἀναίδεια καὶ αἰσχύνη μεγάλη, γυνὴ ἐὰν ἐπιχορηγῇ τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς.
25:23	Καρδία ταπεινὴ καὶ πρόσωπον σκυθρωπὸν καὶ πληγὴ καρδίας γυνὴ πονηρά· χεῖρες παρειμέναι καὶ γόνατα παραλελυμένα, ἥτις οὐ μακαριεῖ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς.
25:24	Ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀρχὴ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ διʼ αὐτὴν ἀποθνήσκομεν πάντες.
25:25	Μὴ δῷς ὕδατι διέξοδον, μηδὲ γυναικὶ πωνηρᾷ ἐξουσίαν.
25:26	Εἰ μὴ πορεύεται κατὰ χεῖρά σου, ἀπὸ τῶν σαρκῶν σου ἀπότεμε αὐτήν.
26:1	Γυναικὸς ἀγαθῆς μακάριος ὁ ἀνὴρ, καὶ ἀριθμὸς τῶν ἡμερῶν αὐτοῦ διπλάσιος.
26:2	Γυνὴ ἀνδρεία εὐφραίνει τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ ἔτη αὐτοῦ πληρώσει ἐν εἰρήνῃ.
26:3	Γυνὴ ἀγαθὴ μερὶς ἀγαθὴ, ἐν μερίδι φοβουμένων Κύριον δοθήσεται.
26:4	Πλουσίου δὲ καὶ πτωχοῦ καρδία ἀγαθὴ, ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ πρόσωπον ἱλαρόν.
26:5	Ἀπὸ τριῶν εὐλαβήθη ἡ καρδία μου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ τετάρτῳ προσώπῳ ἐδεήθην· διαβολὴν πόλεως, καὶ ἐκκλησίαν ὄχλου, καὶ καταψευσμὸν ὑπὲρ θάνατον, πάντα μοχθηρά.
26:6	Ἄλγος καρδίας καὶ πένθος γυνὴ ἀντίζηλος ἐπὶ γυναικὶ, καὶ μάστιξ γλώσσης πᾶσιν ἐπικοινωνοῦσα.
26:7	Βοοζύγιον σαλευόμενον γυνὴ πονηρὰ, ὁ κρατῶν αὐτῆς ὡς ὁ δρασσόμενος σκορπίου.
26:8	Ὀργὴ μεγάλη γυνὴ μέθυσος, καὶ ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς οὐ συγκαλύψει.
26:9	Πορνεία γυναικὸς ἐν μετεωρισμοῖς ὀφθαλμῶν, καὶ ἐν τοῖς βλεφάροις αὐτῆς γνωσθήσεται.
26:10	Ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ ἀδιατρέπτῳ στερέωσον φυλακὴν, ἵνα μὴ εὑροῦσα ἄνεσιν ἑαυτῇ χρήσηται.
26:11	Ὀπίσω ἀναιδοῦς ὀφθαλμοῦ φύλαξαι, καὶ μὴ θαυμάσῃς ἐὰν εἰς σὲ πλημμελήσῃ·
26:12	Ὡς διψῶν ὁδοιπόρος τὸ στόμα ἀνοίγει, καὶ ἀπὸ παντὸς ὕδατος τοῦ σύνεγγυς πίεται, κατέναντι παντὸς πασσάλου καθήσεται, καὶ ἔναντι βέλους ἀνοίξει φαρέτραν.
26:13	Χάρις γυναικὸς τέρψει τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ πιανεῖ ἡ ἐπιστήμη αὐτῆς.
26:14	Δόσις Κυρίου γυνὴ σιγηρὰ, καὶ οὐκ ἐστιν ἀντάλλαγμα πεπαιδευμένης ψυχῆς.
26:15	Χάρις ἐπὶ χάριτι γυνὴ αἰσχυντηρὰ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι σταθμὸς πᾶς ἄξιος ἐγκρατοῦς ψυχῆς.
26:16	Ἥλιος ἀνατέλλων ἐν ὑψίστοις Κυρίου, καὶ κάλλος ἀγαθῆς γυναικὸς ἐν κόσμῳ οἰκίας αὐτοῦ.
26:17	Λύχνος ἐκλάμπων ἐπὶ λυχνίας ἁγίας, καὶ κάλλος προσώπου ἐπὶ ἡλικίᾳ στασίμῃ.
26:18	Στύλοι χρύσεοι ἐπὶ βάσεως ἀργυρᾶς, καὶ πόδες ὡραῖοι ἐπὶ στέρνοις εὐσταθοῦς.
26:28	Επὶ δυσὶ λελύπηται ἡ καρδία μου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ τρίτῳ θυμός μοι ἐπῆλθεν· ἀνὴρ πολεμιστὴς ὑστερῶν διʼ ἔνδειαν, καὶ ἄνδρες συνετοὶ ἐὰν σκυβαλισθῶσιν· ἐπανάγων ἀπὸ δικαιοσύνης ἐπὶ ἁμαρτίαν, ὁ Κύριος ἑτοιμάσει εἰς ῥομφαίαν αὐτόν.
26:29	Μόλις ἐξελεῖται ἔμπορος ἀπὸ πλημμελείας, καὶ οὐ δικαιωθήσεται κάπηλος ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας.
27:1	Χαρὶν ἀδιαφόρου πολλοὶ ἥμαρτον, καὶ ὁ ζητῶν πληθύναι ἀποστρέψει ὀφθαλμόν.
27:2	Ἀναμέσον ἁρμῶν λίθων παγήσεται πάσσαλος, καὶ ἀναμέσον πράσεως καὶ ἀγορασμοῦ συντριβήσεται ἁμαρτία.
27:3	Ἐὰν μὴ ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου κρατήσῃ κατὰ σπουδὴν, ἐν τάχει καταστραφήσεται αὐτοῦ ὁ οἶκος.
27:4	Ἐν σείσματι κοσκίνου διαμένει κοπρία, οὕτως σκύβαλα ἀνθρώπου ἐν λογισμῷ αὐτοῦ.
27:5	Σκεύη κεραμέως δοκιμάζει κάμινος, καὶ πειρασμὸς ἀνθρώπου ἐν διαλογισμῷ αὐτοῦ.
27:6	Γεώργιον ξύλου ἐκφαίνει ὁ καρπὸς αὐτοῦ, οὕτως λόγος ἐνθυμήματος καρδίας ἀνθρώπου.
27:7	Πρὸ λογισμοῦ μὴ ἐπαινέσῃς ἄνδρα, οὗτος γὰρ πειρασμὸς ἀνθρώπων.
27:8	Ἐὰν διώκῃς τὸ δίκαιον, καταλήψῃ, καὶ ἐνδύσῃ αὐτὸ ὡς ποδήρη δόξης.
27:9	Πετεινὰ πρὸς τὰ ὅμοια αὐτοῖς καταλύσει, καὶ ἀλήθεια πρὸς τοὺς ἐργαζομένους αὐτὴν ἐπανήξει.
27:10	Λέων θήραν ἐνεδρεύει, οὕτως ἁμαρτίαι ἐργαζομένους ἄδικα.
27:11	Διήγησις εὐσεβοῦς διαπαντὸς σοφία, ὁ δὲ ἄφρων ὡς σελήνη ἀλλοιοῦται.
27:12	Εἰς μέσον ἀσυνέτων συντήρησον καιρὸν, εἰς μέσον δὲ διανοουμένων ἐνδελέχιζε.
27:13	Διήγησις μωρῶν προσόχθισμα, καὶ ὁ γέλως αὐτῶν ἐν σπατάλῃ ἁμαρτίας.
27:14	Λαλιὰ πολυόρκου ὀρθώσει τρίχας, καὶ ἡ μάχη αὐτῶν ἐμφραγμὸς ὠτίων.
27:15	Ἔκχυσις αἵματος μάχη ὑπερηφάνων, καὶ ἡ διαλοιδόρησις αὐτῶν ἀκοὴ μοχθηρά.
27:16	Ὁ ἀποκαλύπτων μυστήρια ἀπώλεσε πίστιν, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ φίλον πρὸς τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ.
27:17	Στέρξον φίλον, καὶ πιστώθητι μετʼ αὐτοῦ· ἐὰν δὲ ἀποκαλύψῃς τὰ μυστήρια αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴ καταδιώξῃς ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ.
27:18	Καθὼς γὰρ ἀπώλεσεν ἄνθρωπος τὸν ἐχθρὸν αὐτοῦ, οὕτως ἀπώλεσας τὴν φιλίαν τοῦ πλησίου·
27:19	καὶ ὡς πετεινὸν ἐκ χειρός σου ἀπελύσας, οὕτως ἀφῆκας τὸν πλησίον, καὶ οὐ θηρεύσεις αὐτόν.
27:20	Μὴ αὐτὸν διώξῃς, ὅτι μακρὰν ἀπέστῃ, καὶ ἐξέφυγεν ὡς δορκὰς ἐκ παγίδος.
27:21	Ὅτι θραῦσμά ἐστι καταδῆσαι, καὶ λοιδορίας ἐστὶ διαλλαγή· ὁ δὲ ἀποκαλύψας μυστήρια ἀπήλπισε.
27:22	Διανεύων ὀφθαλμῷ τεκταίνει κακὰ, καὶ οὐδεὶς αὑτὸν ἀποστήσει ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.
27:23	Ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου γλυκανεῖ στόμα σου, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λόγων σου ἐκθαυμάσει, ὕστερον δὲ διαστρέψει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου δώσει σκάνδαλον.
27:24	Πολλὰ ἐμίσησα καὶ οὐχ ὡμοίωσα αὐτῷ, καὶ ὁ Κύριος μισήσει αὐτόν.
27:25	Ὁ βάλλων λίθον εἰς ὕψος ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ βάλλει, καὶ πληγὴ δολία διελεῖ τραύματα.
27:26	Ὁ ὀρύσσων βόθρον εἰς αὐτὸν ἐμπεσεῖται, καὶ ὁ ἱστῶν παγίδα ἐν αὐτῇ ἁλώσεται.
27:27	Ὁ ποιῶν πονηρὰ εἰς αὐτὸν κυλισθήσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐπιγνῷ πόθεν ἥκει αὐτῷ.
27:28	Ἐμπαιγμὸς καὶ ὀνειδισμὸς ὑπερηφάνων, καὶ ἡ ἐκδίκησις ὡς λέων ἐνεδρεύσει αὐτόν.
27:29	Παγίδι ἁλώσονται οἱ εὐφραινόμενοι πτώσει εὐσεβῶν, καὶ ὀδύνη καταναλώσει αὐτοὺς πρὸ τοῦ θανάτου αὐτῶν.
27:30	Μῆνις καὶ ὀργὴ, καὶ ταῦτά ἐστι βδελύγματα, καὶ ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλὸς ἐγκρατὴς ἔσται αὐτῶν.
28:1	Ὁ ἐκδίκων παρὰ Κυρίου εὑρήσει ἐκδίκησιν, καὶ τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ διατηρῶν διατηρήσει.
28:2	Ἄφες ἀδίκημα τῷ πλησίον σου, καὶ τότε δεηθέντος σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι σου λυθήσονται.
28:3	Ἄνθρωπος ἀνθρώπῳ συντηρεῖ ὀργὴν, καὶ παρὰ Κυρίου ζητεῖ ἴασιν.
28:4	Ἐπʼ ἄνθρωπον ὅμοιον αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔχει ἔλεος, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ δεῖται.
28:5	Αὐτὸς σὰρξ ὢν διατηρεῖ μῆνιν, τίς ἐξιλάσεται τὰς ἁμαρτίας αὐτοῦ;
28:6	Μνήσθητι τὰ ἔσχατα, καὶ παῦσαι ἔχθραίνων· καταφθορὰν καὶ θάνατον, καὶ ἔμμενε ἐντολαῖς.
28:7	Μνήσθητι ἐντολῶν, καὶ μὴ μηνίσῃς τῷ πλησίον· καὶ διαθήκην ὑψίστου, καὶ πάριδε ἄγνοιαν.
28:8	Ἀπόσχου ἀπὸ μάχης, καὶ ἐλαττώσεις ἁμαρτίας· ἄνθρωπος γὰρ θυμώδης ἐκκαύσει μάχην.
28:9	Καὶ ἀνὴρ ἁμαρτωλὸς ταράξει φίλους, καὶ ἀναμέσον εἰρηνευόντων ἐμβάλλει διαβολήν.
28:10	Κατὰ τὴν ὕλην πυρὸς οὕτως ἐκκαυθήσεται, κατὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὁ θυμὸς αὐτοῦ ἔσται, καὶ κατὰ τὸν πλοῦτον ἀνυψώσει ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατὰ τὴν στερέωσιν τῆς μάχης ἐκκαυθήσεται.
28:11	Ἔρις κατασπευδομένη ἐκκαίει πῦρ, καὶ μάχη κατασπεύδουσα ἐκχέει αἷμα.
28:12	Ἐὰν φυσήσῃς σπινθῆρα ἐκκαήσεται, καὶ ἐὰν πτύσῃς ἐπʼ αὐτὸν σβεσθήσεται· καὶ ἀμφότερα ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου ἐκπορεύεται.
28:13	Ψίθυρον καὶ δίγλωσσον καταρᾶσθαι, πολλοὺς γὰρ εἰρηνεύοντας ἀπώλεσαν.
28:14	Γλῶσσα τρίτη πολλοὺς ἐσάλευσε, καὶ διέστησεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ ἔθνους εἰς ἔθνος, καὶ πόλεις ὀχυρὰς καθεῖλε, καὶ οἰκίας μεγιστάνων κατέστρεψε.
28:15	Γλῶσσα τρίτη γυναῖκας ἀνδρείας ἐξέβαλε, καὶ ἐστέρησεν αὐτὰς τῶν πόνων αὐτῶν.
28:16	Ὁ προσέχων αὐτῇ οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ ἀνάπαυσιν, οὐδὲ κατασκηνώσει μεθʼ ἡσυχίας.
28:17	Πληγὴ μάστιγος ποιεῖ μώλωπας, πληγὴ δὲ γλώσσης συγκλάσει ὀστᾶ.
28:18	Πολλοὶ ἔπεσαν ἐν στόματι μαχαίρας, καὶ οὐχ ὡς οἱ πεπτωκότες διὰ γλῶσσαν.
28:19	Μακάριος ὁ σκεπασθεὶς ἀπʼ αὐτῆς, ὃς οὐ διῆλθεν ἐν τῷ θυμῷ αὐτῆς, ὃς οὐχ εἵλκυσε τὸν ζυγὸν αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐν τοῖς δεσμοῖς αὐτῆς οὐκ ἐδέθη.
28:20	Ὁ γὰρ ζυγὸς αὐτῆς ζυγὸς σιδηροῦς, καὶ οἱ δεσμοὶ αὐτῆς δεσμοὶ χάλκεοι.
28:21	Θάνατος πονηρὸς ὁ θάνατος αὐτῆς, καὶ λυσιτελὴς μᾶλλον ὁ ᾅδης αὐτῆς.
28:22	Οὐ μὴ κρατήσῃ εὐσεβῶν, καὶ ἐν τῇ φλογὶ αὐτῆς οὐ καήσονται.
28:23	Οἱ καταλείποντες Κύριον ἐμπεσοῦνται εἰς αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐκκαήσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ σβεσθῇ· ἐξαποσταλήσεται ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς ὡς λέων, καὶ ὡς πάρδαλις λυμανεῖται αὐτούς.
28:24	Ἴδε περίφραξον τὸ κτῆμά σου ἀκάνθαις, τὸ ἀργύριόν σου καὶ τὸ χρυσίον κατάδησον·
28:25	καὶ τοῖς λόγοις σου ποίησον ζυγὸν καὶ σταθμὸν, καὶ τῷ στόματί σου ποίησον θύραν καὶ μοχλόν.
28:26	Πρόσεχε μήπως ὀλισθήσῃς ἐν αὐτῇ, μὴ πέσῃς κατέναντι ἐνεδρεύοντος.
29:1	Ὁ ποιῶν ἔλεος δανειεῖ τῷ πλησιον, καὶ ὁ ἐπισχύων τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τηρεῖ ἐντολάς.
29:2	Δάνεισον τῷ πλησίον ἐν καιρῷ χρείας αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάλιν ἀπόδος τῷ πλησίον εἰς τὸν καιρόν.
29:3	Στερέωσον λόγον, καὶ πιστώθητι μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ εὑρήσεις τὴν χρείαν σου.
29:4	Πολλοὶ ὡς εὕρεμα ἐνόμισαν δάνος, καὶ παρέσχον πόνον τοῖς βοηθήσασιν αὐτοῖς.
29:5	Ἕως οὗ λάβῃ, καταφιλήσει χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν χρημάτων τοῦ πλησίον ταπεινώσει φωνήν· καὶ ἐν καιρῷ ἀποδόσεως παρελκύσει χρόνον, καὶ ἀποδώσει λόγους ἀκηδίας, καὶ τὸν καιρὸν αἰτιάσεται.
29:6	Ἐὰν ἰσχύσῃ, μόλις κομίσεται τὸ ἥμισυ, καὶ λογιεῖται αὐτὸ ὡς εὕρεμα· εἰ δὲ μὴ, ἀπεστέρησεν αὐτὸν τῶν χρημάτων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκτήσατο αὐτὸν ἐχθρὸν δωρεάν· κατάρας καὶ λοιδορίας ἀποδώσει αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀντὶ δόξης ἀποδώσει αὐτῷ ἀτιμίαν.
29:7	Πολλοὶ χάριν πονηρίας ἀπέστρεψαν, ἀποστερηθῆναι δωρεὰν εὐλαβήθησαν.
29:8	Πλὴν ἐπὶ ταπεινῷ μακροθύμησον, καὶ ἐπʼ ἐλεημοσύνην μὴ παρελκύσῃς αὐτόν·
29:9	Χάριν ἐντολῆς ἀντιλαβοῦ πένητος, καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἔνδειαν αὐτοῦ μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς αὐτὸν κενόν.
29:10	Ἀπόλεσον ἀργύριον διʼ ἀδελφὸν καὶ φίλον, καὶ μὴ ἰωθήτω ὑπὸ τὸν λίθον εἰς ἀπώλειαν.
29:11	Θὲς τὸν θησαυρόν σου κατʼ ἐντολὰς ὑψίστου, καὶ λυσιτελήσει σοι μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ χρυσίον.
29:12	Σύγκλεισον ἐλεημοσύνην ἐν τοῖς ταμείοις σου, καὶ αὕτη ἐξελεῖταί σε ἐκ πάσης κακώσεως.
29:13	Ὑπὲρ ἀσπίδα κράτους, καὶ ὑπὲρ δόρυ ἀλκῆς κατέναντι ἐχθροῦ πολεμήσει ὑπὲρ σοῦ.
29:14	Ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς ἐγγυήσεται τὸν πλησίον, καὶ ὁ ἀπολωλεκὼς αἰσχύνην καταλείψει αὐτόν.
29:15	Χάριτας ἐγγύου μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ, ἔδωκε γὰρ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ σοῦ.
29:16	Ἀγαθὰ ἐγγύου ἀνατρέψει ἁμαρτωλὸς,
29:17	καὶ ἀχάριστος ἐν διανοίᾳ ἐγκαταλείψει ῥυσάμενον.
29:18	Ἐγγύη πολλοὺς ἀπώλεσε κατευθύνοντας, καὶ ἐσάλευσεν αὐτοὺς ὡς κῦμα θαλάσσης· ἄνδρας δυνατοὺς ἀπῴκισε, καὶ ἐπλανήθησαν ἐν ἔθνεσιν ἀλλοτρίοις.
29:19	Ἁμαρτωλὸς ἐμπεσὼν εἰς ἐγγύην, καὶ διώκων ἐργολαβείας ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κρίσεις.
29:20	Ἀντιλαβοῦ τοῦ πλησίον κατὰ δύναμίν σου, καὶ πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μὴ ἐμπέσῃς.
29:21	Ἀρχὴ ζωῆς ὕδωρ, καὶ ἄρτος, καὶ ἱμάτιον, καὶ οἶκος καλύπτων ἀσχημοσύνην.
29:22	Κρείσσων βίος πτωχοῦ ὑπὸ σκέπην δοκῶν, ἢ ἐδέσματα λαμπρὰ ἐν ἀλλοτρίοις.
29:23	Ἐπὶ μικρῷ καὶ μεγάλῳ εὐδοκίαν ἔχε.
29:24	Ζωὴ πονηρὰ ἐξ οἰκίας εἰς οἰκίαν, καὶ οὗ παροικήσει, οὐκ ἀνοίξει στόμα.
29:25	Ξενιεῖς καὶ ποτιεῖς εἰς ἀχάριστα, καὶ πρὸς ἐπὶ τούτοις πικρὰ ἀκούσῃ·
29:26	πάρελθε πάροικε, κόσμησον τράπεζαν, καὶ εἴτι ἐν τῇ χειρί σου ψώμισόν με·
29:27	ἔξελθε πάροικε ἀπὸ προσώπου δόξης, ἐπεξένωταί μοι ὁ ἀδελφὸς, χρεία τῆς οἰκίας.
29:28	Βαρέα ταῦτα ἀνθρώπῳ ἔχοντι φρόνησιν, ἐπιτίμησις οἰκίας καὶ ὀνειδισμὸς δανειστοῦ. ΠΕΡΙ ΤΕΚΝΩΝ.
37:1	Πὰς φίλος ἐρεῖ, ἐφιλίασα αὐτῷ κᾷγώ· ἀλλʼ ἔστι φίλος ὀνόματι μόνον φίλος.
37:2	Οὐχὶ λύπη ἔνι ἕως θανάτου, ἑταῖρος καὶ φίλος τρεπόμενος εἰς ἔχθραν;
37:3	Ὦ πονηρὸν ἐνθύμημα, πόθεν ἐνεκυλίσθης καλύψαι τὴν ξηρὰν ἐν δολιότητι;
37:4	Ἑταῖρος φίλου ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ ἥδεται, καὶ ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως ἔσται ἀπέναντι·
37:5	Ἐταῖρος φίλῳ συμπονεῖ χάριν γαστρὸς, ἔναντι πολέμου λήψεται ἀσπίδα.
37:6	Μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ φίλου ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ σου, καὶ μὴ ἀμνημονήσῃς αὐτοῦ ἐν χρήμασί σου.
37:7	Πᾶς σύμβουλος ἐξαίρει βουλὴν, ἀλλʼ ἔστι συμβουλεύων εἰς ἑαυτόν.
37:8	Ἀπὸ συμβούλου φύλαξον τὴν ψυχήν σου, καὶ γνῶθι πρότερον τίς αὐτοῦ χρεία· καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ βουλεύσεται· μήποτε βάλῃ ἐπὶ σοὶ κλῆρον,
37:9	καὶ εἴπῃ σοι, καλὴ ἡ ὁδός σου· καὶ στήσεται ἐξ ἐναντίας ἰδεῖν τὸ συμβησόμενόν σοι.
37:10	Μὴ βουλεύου μετὰ τοῦ ὑποβλεπομένου σε, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ζηλούντων σε κρύψον βουλήν.
37:11	Μετὰ γυναικὸς περὶ ἀντιζήλου αὐτῆς, καὶ μετὰ δειλοῦ περὶ πολέμου· μετὰ ἐμπόρου περὶ μεταβολίας, καὶ μετὰ ἀγοράζοντος περὶ πράσεως· μετὰ βασκάνου περὶ εὐχαριστίας, καὶ μετὰ ἀνελεήμονος περὶ χρηστοηθείας· μετὰ ὀκνηροῦ περὶ παντὸς ἔργου, καὶ μετὰ μισθίου ἐφεστίου περὶ συντελείας, οἰκέτῃ ἀργῷ περὶ πολλῆς ἐργασίας· μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ τούτοις περὶ πάσης συμβουλίας.
37:12	Ἀλλʼ ἢ μετὰ ἀνδρὸς εὐσεβοῦς ἐνδελέχιζε, ὃν ἂν ἐπιγνῷς συντηροῦντα ἐντολάς· ὃς ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν ψυχήν σου, καὶ ἐὰν πταίσῃς, συναλγήσει σοι.
37:13	Καὶ βουλὴν καρδίας στῆσον, οὐ γάρ ἐστί σοι πιστότερος αὐτῆς·
37:14	ψυχὴ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς ἀπαγγέλλειν ἐνίοτε εἴωθεν, ἢ ἑπτὰ σκοποὶ ἐπὶ μετεώρου καθήμενοι ἐπὶ σκοπῆς.
37:15	Καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις δεήθητι ὑψίστου, ἵνα εὐθύνῃ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ τὴν ὁδόν σου.
37:16	Ἀρχὴ παντὸς ἔργου λόγος, καὶ πρὸ πάσης πράξεως βουλή.
37:17	Ἴχνος ἀλλοιώσεως καρδίας.
37:18	Τέσσαρα μέρη ἀνατέλλει, ἀγαθὸν καὶ κακὸν, ζωὴ καὶ θάνατος, καὶ κυριεύουσα ἐνδελεχῶς αὐτῶν γλῶσσά ἐστιν.
37:19	Ἔστιν ἀνὴρ πανοῦργος καὶ πολλῶν παιδευτὴς, καὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ψυχῇ ἄχρηστός ἐστιν.
37:20	Ἔστι σοφιζόμενος ἐν λόγοις μισητὸς, οὗτος πάσης τροφῆς καθυστερήσει,
37:21	οὐ γὰρ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ παρὰ Κυρίου χάρις, ὅτι πάσης σοφίας ἐστερήθη.
37:22	Ἔστι σοφὸς τῇ ἰδίᾳ ψυχῇ, καὶ οἱ καρποὶ τῆς συνέσεως αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ στόματος πιστοί.
37:23	Ἀνὴρ σοφὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ λαὸν παιδεύσει, καὶ οἱ καρποὶ τῆς συνέσεως αὐτοῦ πιστοί.
37:24	Ἀνὴρ σοφὸς πλησθήσεται εὐλογίας, καὶ μακαριοῦσιν αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ ὁρῶντες.
37:25	Ζωὴ ἀνδρὸς ἐν ἀριθμῷ ἡμερῶν, καὶ αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἀναρίθμητοι.
37:26	Ὁ σοφὸς ἐν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ κληρονομήσει πίστιν, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ζήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
37:27	Τέκνον, ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου πείρασον τὴν ψυχήν σου, καὶ ἴδε τί πονηρὸν αὐτῇ, καὶ μὴ δῷς αὐτῇ.
37:28	Οὐ γὰρ πάντα πᾶσι συμφέρει, καὶ οὐ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἐν παντὶ εὐδοκεῖ.
37:29	Μὴ ἀπληστεύου ἐν πάσῃ τρυφῇ, καὶ μὴ ἐκχυθῇς ἐπὶ ἐδεσμάτων·
37:30	ἐν πολλοῖς γὰρ βρώμασιν ἔσται πόνος, καὶ ἡ ἀπληστία ἐγγιεῖ ἕως χολέρας.
37:31	Διʼ ἀπληστίαν πολλοὶ ἐτελεύτησαν, ὁ δὲ προσέχων προσθήσει ζωήν.
38:1	Τίμα ἰατρὸν πρὸς τὰς χρείας τιμαῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸν ἔκτισε Κύριος.
38:2	Παρὰ γὰρ ὑψίστου ἐστὶν ἴασις, καὶ παρὰ βασιλέως λήψεται δόμα.
38:3	Ἐπιστήμη ἰατροῦ ἀνυψώσει κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔναντι μεγιστάνων θαυμασθήσεται.
38:4	Κύριος ἔκτισεν ἐκ γῆς φάρμακα, καὶ ἀνὴρ φρόνιμος οὐ προσοχθιεῖ αὐτοῖς.
38:5	Οὐκ ἀπὸ ξύλου ἐγλυκάνθη ὕδωρ, εἰς τὸ γνωσθῆναι τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ;
38:6	Καὶ αὐτὸς ἔδωκεν ἀνθρώποις ἐπιστήμην ἐνδοξάζεσθαι ἐν τοῖς θαυμασίοις αὐτοῦ.
38:7	Ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐθεράπευσε, καὶ ᾖρε τὸν πόνον αὐτοῦ.
38:8	Μυρεψὸς ἐν τούτοις ποιήσει μίγμα, καὶ οὐ μὴ συντελέσῃ ἔργα αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰρήνη παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἐπὶ προσώπου τῆς γῆς.
38:9	Τέκνον, ἐν ἀῤῥωστήματί σου μὴ παράβλεπε, ἀλλʼ εὖξαι Κυρίῳ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἰάσεταί σε.
38:10	Ἀπόστησον πλημμέλειαν, καὶ εὔθυνον χεῖρας, καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας καθάρισον καρδίαν.
38:11	Δὸς εὐωδίαν, καὶ μνημόσυνον σεμιδάλεως, καὶ λίπανον προσφορὰν, ὡς μὴ ὑπάρχων.
38:12	Καὶ ἰατρῷ δὸς τόπον, καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸν ἔκτισε Κύριος· καὶ μὴ ἀποστήτω σου, καὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ χρεία.
38:13	Ἔστι καιρὸς ὅτε καὶ ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν εὐωδία.
38:14	Καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ Κυρίου δεηθήσονται, ἵνα εὐοδώσῃ αὐτοῖς ἀνάπαυσιν καὶ ἴασιν χάριν ἐμβιώσεως.
38:15	Ὁ ἁμαρτάνων ἔναντι τοῦ ποιήσαντος αὐτὸν, ἐμπέσοι εἰς χεῖρας ἰατροῦ.
38:16	Τέκνον, ἐπὶ νεκρῷ κατάγαγε δάκρυα, καὶ ὡς δεινὰ πάσχων ἔναρξε θρήνου· κατὰ δὲ τὴν κρίσιν αὐτοῦ περίστειλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ ὑπερίδῃς τὴν ταφὴν αὐτοῦ.
38:17	Πίκρανον κλαυθμὸν, καὶ θέρμανον κοπετὸν, καὶ ποίησον τὸ πένθος κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν αὐτοῦ ἡμέραν μίαν καὶ δύο χάριν διαβολῆς, καὶ παρακλήθητι λύπης ἕνεκα·
38:18	ἀπὸ λύπης γὰρ ἐκβαίνει θάνατος, καὶ λύπη καρδίας κάμψει ἰσχύν.
38:19	Ἐν ἀπαγωγῇ παραβαίνει καὶ λύπη, καὶ βίος πτωχοῦ κατὰ καρδίας.
38:20	Μὴ δῷς εἰς λύπην τὴν καρδίαν σου, ἀπόστησον αὐτὴν μνησθεὶς τὰ ἔσχατα.
38:21	Μὴ ἐπιλαθῇ, οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐπάνοδος, καὶ τοῦτον οὐκ ὠφελήσεις, καὶ σεαυτὸν κακώσεις.
38:22	Μνήσθητι τὸ κρίμα αὐτοῦ, ὅτι οὕτω ὡς καὶ τὸ σόν· ἐμοὶ χθὲς, καὶ σοὶ σήμερον.
38:23	Ἐν ἀναπαύσει νεκροῦ κατάπαυσον τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ, καὶ παρακλήθητι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐν ἐξόδῳ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ.
38:24	Σοφία γραμματέως ἐν εὐκαιρίᾳ σχολῆς, καὶ ὁ ἐλασσούμενος πράξει αὐτοῦ σοφισθήσεται.
38:25	Τί σοφισθήσεται ὁ κρατῶν ἀροτροῦ, καὶ καυχώμενος ἐν δόρατι κέντρου, βόας ἐλαύνων καὶ ἀναστρεφόμενος ἐν ἔργοις αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ διήγησις αὐτοῦ ἐν υἱοῖς ταυρῶν;
38:26	Καρδίαν αὐτοῦ δώσει ἐκδοῦναι αὔλακας, καὶ ἡ ἀγρυπνία αὐτοῦ εἰς χορτάσματα δαμάλεων.
38:27	Οὕτως πᾶς τέκτων καὶ ἀρχιτέκτων, ὅστις νύκτωρ ὡς ἡμέρᾳ διάγει· οἱ γλύφοντες γλύμματα σφραγίδων, καὶ ἡ ὑπομονὴ αὐτοῦ ἀλλοιῶσαι ποικιλίαν· καρδίαν αὐτοῦ δώσει εἰς τὸ ὁμοιῶσαι ζωγραφίαν, καὶ ἡ ἀγρυπνία αὐτοῦ τελέσαι ἔργον.
38:28	Οὕτως χαλκεὺς καθήμενος ἐγγὺς ἄκμονος, καὶ καταμανθάνων ἀργῷ σιδήρῳ· ἀτμὶς πυρὸς πήξει σάρκας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν θέρμῃ καμίνου διαμαχήσεται· φωνὴ σφύρης καινιεῖ τὸ οὖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατέναντι ὁμοιώματος σκεύους οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ· καρδίαν αὐτοῦ δώσει εἰς συντέλειαν ἔργων, καὶ ἡ ἀγρυπνία αὐτοῦ κοσμῆσαι ἐπὶ συντελείας.
38:29	Οὕτω κεραμεὺς καθήμενος ἐν ἔργῳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ συστρέφων ἐν ποσὶν αὐτοῦ τροχὸν, ὃς ἐν μεριμνῃ κεῖται διαπαντὸς ἐπὶ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐναρίθμιος πᾶσα ἡ ἐργασία αὐτοῦ.
38:30	Ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ τυπώσει πηλὸν, καὶ πρὸ ποδῶν κάμψει ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ· καρδίαν ἐπιδώσει συντελέσαι τὸ χρίσμα, καὶ ἡ ἀγρυπνία αὐτοῦ καθαρίσαι κάμινον.
38:31	Πάντες οὗτοι εἰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐνεπίστευσαν, καὶ ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ αὐτοῦ σοφίζεται.
38:32	Ἄνευ αὐτῶν οὐκ οἰκισθήσεται πόλις, καὶ οὐ παροικήσουσιν, οὐδὲ περιπατήσουσι·
38:33	καὶ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ οὐχ ὑπεραλοῦνται· ἐπὶ δίφρον δικαστοῦ οὐ καθιοῦνται, καὶ διαθήκην κρίματος οὐ διανοηθήσονται, οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφανῶσι δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίμα· καὶ ἐν παραβολαῖς οὐχ εὑρεθήσονται.
38:34	Ἀλλὰ κτίσμα αἰῶνος στηρίσουσι· καὶ ἡ δέησις αὐτῶν ἐν ἐργασίᾳ τέχνης. Πλὴν τοῦ ἐπιδόντος τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ διανοουμένου ἐν νόμῳ ὑψίστου,
39:1	σοφίαν πάντων ἀρχαίων ἐκζητήσει, καὶ ἐν προφητείαις ἀσχοληθήσεται.
39:2	Διηγήσεις ἀνδρῶν ὀνομαστῶν συντηρήσει, καὶ ἐν στροφαῖς παραβολῶν συνεισελεύσεται.
39:3	Ἀπόκρυφα παροιμιῶν ἐκζητήσει, καὶ ἐν αἰνίγμασι παραβολῶν ἀναστραφήσεται.
39:4	Ἀναμέσον μεγιστάνων ὑπηρετήσει, καὶ ἔναντι ἡγουμένου ὀφθήσεται· ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίων ἐθνῶν διελεύσεται, ἀγαθὰ γὰρ καὶ κακὰ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἐπείρασε.
39:5	Τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπιδώσει ὀρθρίσαι πρὸς Κύριον τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔναντι ὑψίστου δεηθήσεται· καὶ ἀνοίξει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ἐν προσευχῇ, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ δεηθήσεται.
39:6	Ἐὰν Κύριος ὁ μέγας θελήσῃ, πνεύματι συνέσεως ἐμπλησθήσεται· αὐτὸς ἀνομβρήσει ῥήματα σοφίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν προσευχῇ ἐξομολογήσεται Κυρίῳ.
39:7	Αὐτὸς κατευθύνει βουλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιστήμην, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀποκρύφοις αὐτοῦ διανοηθήσεται.
39:8	Αὐτὸς ἐκφανεῖ παιδείαν διδασκαλίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν νόμῳ διαθήκης Κυρίου καυχήσεται.
39:9	Αἰνέσουσι τὴν σύνεσιν αὐτοῦ πολλοὶ, ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος οὐκ ἐξαλειφθήσεται· οὐκ ἀποστήσεται τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ζήσεται εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν.
39:10	Τὴν σοφίαν αὐτοῦ διηγήσονται ἔθνη, καὶ τὸν ἔπαινον αὐτοῦ ἐξαγγελεῖ ἐκκλησία.
39:11	Ἐὰν ἐμμείνῃ ὄνομα καταλείψει ἢ χίλιοι, καὶ ἐὰν ἀναπαύσηται ἐμποιεῖ αὐτῷ.
39:12	Ἔτι διανοηθεὶς ἐκδιηγήσομαι, καὶ ὡς διχομηνία ἐπληρώθην.
39:13	Εἰσακούσετέ μου υἱοὶ ὅσιοι, καὶ βλαστήσατε ὡς ῥόδον φυόμενον ἐπὶ ῥεύματος ἀγροῦ·
39:14	καὶ ὡς λίβανος εὐωδιάσατε ὀσμὴν, καὶ ἀνθήσατε ἄνθος ὡς κρίνον· διάδοτε ὀσμὴν καὶ αἰνέσατε ᾆσμα· εὐλογήσατε Κύριον ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις.
39:15	Δότε τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ μεγαλωσύνην, καὶ ἐξομολογήσασθε ἐν αἰνέσει αὐτοῦ, ἐν ᾠδαῖς χειλέων καὶ ἐν κινύραις, καὶ οὕτως ἐρεῖτε ἐν ἐξομολογήσει,
39:16	Τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου πάντα ὅτι καλὰ σφόδρα, καὶ πᾶν πρόσταγμα ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ ἔσται.
39:17	Πάντα γὰρ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ ζητηθήσεται· ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ ἔστη ὡς θημωνία ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐν ῥήματι στόματος αὐτοῦ ἀποδοχεῖα ὑδάτων.
39:18	Ἐν προστάγματι αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ εὐδοκία, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς ἐλαττώσει τὸ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ.
39:19	Ἔργα πάσης σαρκὸς ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι κρυβῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ.
39:20	Ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐπέβλεψε, καὶ οὐθέν ἐστι θαυμάσιον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.
39:21	Οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν, τί τοῦτο; εἰς τί τοῦτο; πάντα γὰρ εἰς χρείας αὐτῶν ἔκτισται.
39:22	Ἡ εὐλογία αὐτοῦ ὡς ποταμὸς ἐπεκάλυψε, καὶ ὡς κατακλυσμὸς ξηρὰν ἐμέθυσεν.
39:23	Οὕτως ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ ἔθνη κληρονομήσει, ὡς μετέστρεψεν ὕδατα εἰς ἅλμην.
39:24	Αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ τοῖς ὁσίοις εὐθεῖαι, οὕτως τοῖς ἀνόμοις προσκόμματα.
39:25	Ἀγαθὰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ἔκτισται ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, οὕτως τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς κακά.
39:26	Ἀρχὴ πάσης χρείας εἰς ζωὴν ἀνθρώπου, ὕδωρ, πῦρ, καὶ σίδηρος, καὶ ἅλα, καὶ σεμίδαλις πυροῦ, καὶ μέλι, καὶ γάλα, αἷμα σταφυλῆς, καὶ ἔλαιον, καὶ ἱμάτιον.
39:27	Ταῦτα πάντα τοῖς εὐσεβέσιν εἰς ἀγαθὰ, οὕτως τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς τραπήσεται εἰς κακά.
39:28	Ἔστι πνεύματα ἃ εἰς ἐκδίκησιν ἔκτισται, καὶ ἐν θυμῷ αὐτῶν ἐστερέωσαν μάστιγας αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐν καιρῷ συντελείας ἰσχὺν ἐκχέουσι, καὶ τὸν θυμὸν τοῦ ποιήσαντος αὐτοὺς κοπάσουσι.
39:29	Πῦρ καὶ χάλαζα καὶ λιμὸς καὶ θάνατος, πάντα ταῦτα εἰς ἐκδίκησιν ἔκτισται.
39:30	Θηρίων ὁδόντες καὶ σκορπίοι καὶ ἔχεις καὶ ῥομφαία ἐκδικοῦσα εἰς ὄλεθρον ἀσεβεῖς,
39:31	ἐν τῇ ἐντολῇ αὐτοῦ εὐφρανθήσονται, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εἰς χρείας ἑτοιμασθήσονται, καὶ ἐν τοῖς καιροῖς αὐτῶν οὐ παραβήσονται λόγον.
39:32	Διὰ τοῦτο ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐστηρίχθην, καὶ διενοήθην, καὶ ἐν γραφῇ ἀφῆκα.
39:33	Τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου πάντα ἀγαθὰ, καὶ πᾶσαν χρείαν ἐν ὥρᾳ αὐτῆς χορηγήσει.
39:34	Καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν, τοῦτο τούτου πονηρότερον, πάντα γὰρ ἐν καιρῷ εὐδοκιμηθήσεται.
39:35	Καὶ νῦν ἐν πάσῃ καρδίᾳ καὶ στόματι ὑμνήσατε, καὶ εὐλογήσατε τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου.
40:1	Ἀσχολιὰ μεγάλη ἔκτισται παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ, καὶ ζυγὸς βαρὺς ἐπὶ υἱοὺς Ἀδὰμ, ἀφʼ ἡμέρας ἐξόδου ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρὸς αὐτῶν ἕως ἡμέρας ἐπὶ ταφῇ εἰς μητέρα πάντων.
40:2	Τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν καὶ φόβον καρδίας, ἐπίνοια προσδοκίας, ἡμέρα τελευτῆς·
40:3	ἀπὸ καθημένου ἐπὶ θρόνου ἐν δόξῃ, καὶ ἕως τεταπεινωμένου ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ·
40:4	ἀπὸ φοροῦντος ὑάκινθον καὶ στέφανον, καὶ ἕως περιβαλλουμένου ὠμόλινον·
40:5	θυμὸς καὶ ζῆλος καὶ ταραχὴ καὶ σάλος καὶ φόβος θανάτου καὶ μηνίαμα καὶ ἔρις, καὶ ἐν καιρῷ ἀναπαύσεως ἐπὶ κοίτης ὕπνος νυκτὸς ἀλλοιοῖ γνῶσιν αὐτοῦ.
40:6	Ὀλίγον ὡς οὐδὲν ἐν ἀναπαύσει, καὶ ἀπʼ ἐκείνου ἐν ὕπνοις ὡς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σκοπιᾶς, τεθορυβημένος ἐν ὁράσει καρδίας αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἐκπέφευγὼς ἀπὸ προσώπου πολέμου.
40:7	Ἐν καιρῷ σωτηρίας αὐτοῦ ἐξηγέρθη, καὶ ἀποθαυμάζων εἰς οὐδένα φόβον.
40:8	Μετὰ πάσης σαρκὸς ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους, καὶ ἐπὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἑπταπλάσια πρὸς ταῦτα.
40:9	Θάνατος καὶ αἷμα καὶ ἔρις καὶ ῥομφαία,. ἐπαγωγαὶ, λιμὸς καὶ σύντριμμα καὶ μάστιξ,
40:10	ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀνόμους ἐκτίσθη ταῦτα πάντα, καὶ διʼ αὐτοὺς ἐγένετο ὁ κατακλυσμός.
40:11	Πάντα ὅσα ἀπὸ γῆς εἰς γῆν ἀναστρέφει, καὶ ἀπὸ ὑδάτων εἰς θάλασσαν ἀνακάμπτει.
40:12	Πᾶν δῶρον καὶ ἀδικία ἐξαλειφθήσεται, καὶ πίστις εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα στήσεται.
40:13	Χρήματα ἀδίκων ὡς ποταμὸς ξηρανθήσεται, καὶ ὡς βροντὴ μεγάλη ἐν ὑετῷ ἐξηχήσει.
40:14	Ἐν τῷ ἀνοῖξαι αὐτὸν χεῖρας, εὐφρανθήσεται, οὕτως οἱ παραβαίνοντες εἰς συντέλειαν ἐκλείψουσιν.
40:15	Ἔκγονα ἀσεβῶν οὐ πληθύνει κλάδους, καὶ ῥίζαι ἀκάθαρτοι ἐπʼ ἀκροτόμου πέτρας.
40:16	Ἄχει ἐπὶ παντὸς ὕδατος καὶ χείλους ποταμοῦ πρὸ παντὸς χόρτου ἐκτιλήσεται.
40:17	Χάρις ὡς παράδεισος ἐν εὐλογίαις, καὶ ἐλεημοσύνη εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα διαμένει.
40:18	Ζωὴ αὐτάρκους ἐργάτου γλυκανθήσεται, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀμφότερα ὁ εὑρίσκων θησαυρόν.
40:19	Τέκνα καὶ οἰκοδομὴ πόλεως στηρίζουσιν ὄνομα, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀμφότερα γυνὴ ἄμωμος λογίζεται.
40:20	Οἶνος καὶ μουσικὰ εὐφραίνουσι καρδίαν, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀμφότερα ἀγάπησις σοφίας.
40:21	Αὐλὸς καὶ ψαλτήριον ἡδύνουσι μέλι, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀμφότερα γλῶσσα ἡδεῖα.
40:22	Χάριν καὶ κάλλος ἐπιθυμήσει ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀμφότερα χλόην σπόρου.
40:23	Φίλος καὶ ἑταῖρος εἰς καιρὸν ἀπαντῶντες, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀμφότερα γυνὴ μετὰ ἀνδρός.
40:24	Ἀδελφοὶ καὶ βοήθεια εἰς καιρὸν θλίψεως, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀμφότερα ἐλεημοσύνη ῥύσεται.
40:25	Χρυσίον καὶ ἀργύριον ἐπιστήσουσι πόδα, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀπφότερα βουλὴ εὐδοκιμεῖται.
40:26	Χρήματα καὶ ἰσχὺς ἀνυψώσουσι καρδίαν, καὶ ὑπὲρ ἀμφότερα φόβος Κυρίου· οὐκ ἔστι φόβῳ Κυρίου ἐλάττωσις, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπιζητῆσαι ἐν αὐτῷ βοήθειαν.
40:27	Φόβος Κυρίου ὡς παράδεισος εὐλογίας, καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν δόξαν ἐκάλυψαν αὐτόν.
40:28	Τέκνον, ζωὴν ἐπαιτήσεως μὴ βιώσῃς, κρεῖσσον ἀποθανεῖν ἢ ἐπαιτεῖν.
40:29	Ἀνὴρ βλέπων εἰς τράπεζαν ἀλλοτρίαν, οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ ὁ βίος ἐν λογισμῷ ζωῆς, ἀλισγήσει τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐδέσμασιν ἀλλοτρίοις· ἀνὴρ δὲ ἐπιστήμων καὶ πεπαιδευμένος φυλάξεται.
40:30	Ἐν στόματι ἀναιδοῦς γλυκανθήσεται ἐπαίτησις, καὶ ἐν κοιλίᾳ αὐτοῦ πῦρ καήσεται.
41:1	Ὦ θάνατε, ὡς πικρόν σου τὸ μνημόσυνόν ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ εἰρηνεύοντι ἐν τοῖς ὑπάρχουσιν αὐτοῦ, ἀνδρὶ ἀπερισπάστῳ, καὶ εὐοδουμένῳ ἐν πᾶσι, καὶ ἔτι ἰσχύοντι ἐπιδέξασθαι τροφήν;
41:2	Ὦ θάνατε, καλόν σου τὸ κρίμα ἐστὶν ἀνθρώπῳ ἐπιδεομένῳ καὶ ἐλασσουμένῳ ἰσχύϊ, ἐσχατογήρῳ, καὶ περισπωμένῳ περὶ πάντων, καὶ ἀπειθοῦντι, καὶ ἀπολωλεκότι ὑπομονήν.
41:3	Μὴ εὐλαβοῦ κρίμα θανάτου· μνήσθητι προτέρων σου καὶ ἐσχάτων, τοῦτο τὸ κρίμα παρὰ Κυρίου πάσῃ σαρκί.
41:4	Καὶ τί ἀπαναίνῃ ἐν εὐδοκίᾳ ὑψίστου; εἴτε δέκα, εἴτε ἑκατὸν, εἴτε χίλια ἔτη· οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ᾅδου ἐλεγμὸς ζωῆς.
41:5	Τέκνα βδελυκτὰ γίνεται τέκνα ἁμαρτωλῶν, καὶ συναναστρεφόμενα παροικίαις ἀσεβῶν.
41:6	Τέκνων ἁμαρτωλῶν ἀπολεῖται κληρονομία, καὶ μετὰ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτῶν ἐνδελεχιεῖ ὄνειδος.
41:7	Πατρὶ ἀσεβεῖ μέμψεται τέκνα, ὅτι διʼ αὐτὸν ὀνειδισθήσονται.
41:8	Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν ἄνδρες ἀσεβεῖς, οἵτινες ἐγκατελίπετε νόμον Θεοῦ ὑψίστου.
41:9	Καὶ ἐὰν γεννηθῆτε, εἰς κατάραν γεννηθήσεσθε· καὶ ἐὰν ἀποθάνητε, εἰς κατάραν μερισθήσεσθε.
41:10	Πάντα ὅσα ἐκ γῆς, εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσεται· οὕτως ἀσεβεῖς ἀπὸ κατάρας εἰς ἀπώλείαν.
41:11	Πένθος ἀνθρώπων ἐν σώμασιν αὐτῶν, ὄνομα δὲ ἁμαρτωλῶν οὐκ ἀγαθὸν, ἐξαλειφθήσεται.
41:12	Φρόντισον περὶ ὀνόματος, αὐτὸ γάρ σοι διαμενεῖ, ἢ χίλιοι μεγάλοι θησαυροὶ χρυσίου.
41:13	Ἀγαθῆς ζωῆς ἀριθμὸς ἡμερῶν, καὶ ἀγαθὸν ὄνομα εἰς αἰῶνα διαμένει.
41:14	Παιδείαν ἐν εἰρήνῃ συντηρήσατε τέκνα, σοφία δὲ κεκρυμμένη καὶ θησαυρὸς ἀφανὴς, τίς ὠφέλεια ἐν ἀμφοτέροις;
41:15	Κρείσσων ἄνθρωπος ἀποκρύπτων τὴν μωρίαν αὐτοῦ, ἢ ἄνθρωπος ἀποκρύπτων τὴν σοφίαν αὐτοῦ.
41:16	Τοιγαροῦν ἐντράπητε ἐπὶ τῷ ῥήματί μου· οὐ γάρ ἐστι πᾶσαν αἰσχύνην διαφυλάξαι καλὸν, καὶ οὐ πάντα πᾶσιν ἐν πίστει εὐδοκιμεῖται.
41:17	Αἰσχύνεσθε ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ μητρὸς περὶ πορνείας, καὶ ἀπὸ ἡγουμένου καὶ δυνάστου περὶ ψεύδους·
41:18	ἀπὸ κριτοῦ καὶ ἄρχοντος περὶ πλημμελείας, ἀπὸ συναγωγῆς καὶ λαοῦ περὶ ἀνομίας· ἀπὸ κοινωνοῦ καὶ φίλου περὶ ἀδικίας, καὶ ἀπὸ τόπου οὗ παροικεῖς περὶ κλοπῆς·
41:19	καὶ ἀπὸ ἀληθείας Θεοῦ καὶ διαθήκης, καὶ ἀπὸ πήξεως ἀγκῶνος ἐπʼ ἄρτοις· ἀπὸ σκορακισμοῦ λήψεως καὶ δόσεως,
41:20	καὶ ἀπὸ ἀσπαζομένων περὶ σιωπῆς· ἀπὸ ὁράσεως γυναικὸς ἑταίρας,
41:21	καὶ ἀπὸ ἀποστροφῆς προσώπου συγγενοῦς· ἀπὸ ἀφαιρέσεως μερίδος καὶ δόσεως, καὶ ἀπὸ κατανοήσεως γυναικὸς ὑπάνδρου,
41:22	ἀπὸ περιεργείας παιδίσκης αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἐπιστῇς ἐπὶ τὴν κοίτην αὐτῆς, ἀπὸ φίλων περὶ λόγων ὀνειδισμοῦ, καὶ μετὰ τὸ δοῦναι, μὴ ὀνείδιζε.
41:23	Ἀπὸ δευτερώσεως καὶ λόγου ἀκοῆς, καὶ ἀπὸ ἀποκαλύψεων λόγων κρυφίων·
41:24	καὶ ἔσῃ αἰσχυντηρὸς ἀληθινῶς, καὶ εὑρίσκων χάριν ἔναντι παντὸς ἀνθρώπου·
42:1	μὴ περὶ τούτων αἰσχυνθῇς, καὶ μὴ λάβῃς πρόσωπον τοῦ ἁμαρτάνειν·
42:2	περὶ νόμου ὑψίστου καὶ διαθήκης, καὶ περὶ κρίματος δικαιῶσαι τὸν ἀσεβῆ·
42:3	περὶ λόγου κοινωνοῦ καὶ ὁδοιπόρων, καὶ περὶ δόσεως κληρονομίας ἑταίρων·
42:4	περὶ ἀκριβείας ζυγοῦ καὶ σταθμιῶν, περὶ κτήσεως πολλῶν καὶ ὀλίγων·
42:5	περὶ ἀδιαφόρου πράσεως, καὶ ἐμπόρων, καὶ περὶ παιδείας τέκνων πολλῆς, καὶ οἰκέτῃ πονηρῷ πλευρὰν αἱμάξαι.
42:6	Ἐπὶ γυναικὶ πονηρᾷ καλὸν σφραγίς· καὶ ὅπου χεῖρες πολλαὶ, κλεῖσον.
42:7	Ὃ ἐὰν παραδίδως, ἐν ἀριθμῷ καὶ σταθμῷ, καὶ δόσις καὶ λῆψις παντὶ ἐν γραφῇ.
42:8	Περὶ παιδείας ἀνοήτου καὶ μωροῦ καὶ ἐσχατογήρου κρινομένου πρὸς νέους, καὶ ἔσῃ πεπαιδευμένος ἀληθινῶς, καὶ δεδοκιμασμένος ἔναντι παντὸς ζῶντος.
42:9	Θυγάτηρ πατρὶ ἀπόκρυφος ἀγρυπνία, καὶ ἡ μέριμνα αὐτῆς ἀφιστᾷ ὕπνον· ἐν νεότητι αὐτῆς μήποτε παρακμάσῃ, καὶ συνῳκηκυῖα μήποτε μισηθῇ.
42:10	Ἐν παρθενίᾳ μήποτε βεβηλωθῇ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς πατρικοῖς αὐτῆς ἔγκυος γένηται· μετὰ ἀνδρὸς οὖσα μήποτε παραβῇ, καὶ συνῳκηκυῖα μήποτε στειρώσῃ.
42:11	Ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ ἀδιατρέπτῳ στερέωσον φυλακὴν, μήποτε ποιήσῃ σε ἐπίχαρμα ἐχθροῖς, λαλιὰν ἐν πόλει, καὶ ἔκκλητον λαοῦ, καὶ καταισχύνῇ σε ἐν πλήθει πολλῶν.
42:12	Παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ μὴ ἔμβλεπε ἐν κάλλει, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ γυναικῶν μὴ συνέδρευε·
42:13	ἀπὸ γὰρ ἱματίων ἐκπορεύεται σὴς, καὶ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς πονηρία γυναικός.
42:14	Κρείσσων πονηρία ἀνδρὸς ἢ ἀγαθοποιὸς γυνὴ, καὶ γυνὴ καταισχύνουσα εἰς ὀνειδισμόν.
42:15	Μνησθήσομαι δὴ τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, καὶ ἃ ἑώρακα ἐκδιηγήσομαι· ἐν λόγοις Κυρίου τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.
42:16	Ἥλιος φωτίζων κατὰ πᾶν ἐπέβλεψε, καὶ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ πλῆρες τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ.
42:17	Οὐκ ἐνεποίησε τοῖς ἁγίοις Κύριος ἐκδιηγήσασθαι πάντα τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ, ἃ ἐστερέωσε Κύριος ὁ παντοκράτωρ, στηριχθῆναι ἐν δόξῃ αὐτοῦ τὸ πᾶν.
42:18	Ἄβυσσον καὶ καρδίαν ἐξίχνευσε, καὶ ἐν πανουργεύμασιν αὐτῶν διενοήθη· ἔγνω γὰρ ὁ Κύριος πᾶσαν εἴδησιν, καὶ ἐνέβλεψεν εἰς σημεῖον αἰῶνος·
42:19	ἀπαγγέλλων τὰ παρεληλυθότα καὶ ἐπεσόμενα, καὶ ἀποκαλύπτων ἴχνη ἀποκρύφων.
42:20	Οὐ παρῆλθεν αὐτὸν πᾶν διανόημα, οὐκ ἐκρύβη ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ οὐδὲ εἷς λόγος.
42:21	Τὰ μεγαλεῖα τῆς σοφίας αὐτοῦ ἐκόσμησε, καὶ ἕως ἐστὶ πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, οὔτε προσετέθη οὔτε ἠλαττώθη, καὶ οὐδὲ προσεδεήθη οὐδενὸς συμβούλου.
42:22	Ὡς πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ ἐπιθυμητὰ, καὶ ὡς σπινθῆρός ἐστι θεωρῆσαι.
42:23	Πάντα ταῦτα ζῇ καὶ μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐν πάσαις χρείαις, καὶ πάντα ὑπακούει.
42:24	Πάντα δισσὰ ἓν κατέναντι τοῦ ἑνὸς, καὶ οὐκ ἐποίησεν οὐδὲν ἐκλεῖπον.
42:25	Ἓν τοῦ ἑνὸς ἐστερέωσε τὰ ἀγαθὰ, καὶ τίς πλησθήσεται ὁρῶν δόξαν αὐτοῦ;
43:1	Γαυρίαμα ὕψους, στερέωμα καθαριότητος, εἶδος οὐρανοῦ ἐν ὁράματι δόξης.
43:2	Ἥλιος ἐν ὀπτασίᾳ διαγγέλλων ἐν ἐξόδῳ, σκεῦος θαυμαστὸν, ἔργον ὑψίστου.
43:3	Ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἀναξηραίνει χώραν, καὶ ἐναντίον καύματος αὐτοῦ τίς ὑποστήσεται;
43:4	Κάμινον φυσῶν ἐν ἔργοις καύματος, τριπλασίως ἥλιος ἐκκαίων ὄρη· ἀτμίδας πυρώδεις ἐμφυσῶν, καὶ ἐκλάμπων ἀκτίνας ἀμαυροῖ ὀφθαλμούς.
43:5	Μέγας Κύριος ὁ ποιήσας αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐν λόγοις αὐτοῦ κατέσπευσε πορείαν.
43:6	Καὶ ἡ σελήνη ἐν πᾶσιν εἰς καιρὸν αὐτῆς, ἀνάδειξιν χρόνων, καὶ σημεῖον αἰῶνος.
43:7	Ἀπὸ σελήνης σημεῖον ἑορτῆς, φωστὴρ μειούμενος ἐπὶ συντελείας.
43:8	Μὴν κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς ἐστιν, αὐξανομένη θαυμαστῶς ἐν ἀλλοιώσει· σκεῦος παρεμβολῶν ἐν ὕψει, ἐν στερεώματι οὐρανοῦ ἐκλάμπων·
43:9	κάλλος οὐρανοῦ, δόξα ἄστρων, κόσμος φωτίζων, ἐν ὑψίστοις Κύριος.
43:10	Ἐν λόγοις ἁγίου στήσονται κατὰ κρίμα, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκλυθῶσιν ἐν φυλακαῖς αὐτῶν.
43:11	Ἴδε τόξον, καὶ εὐλόγησον τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτὸ, σφόδρα ὡραῖον ἐν τῷ αὐγάσματι αὐτοῦ.
43:12	Ἐγύρωσεν οὐρανὸν ἐν κυκλώσει δόξης, χεῖρες ὑψίστου ἐτάννυσαν αὐτό.
43:13	Προστάγματι αὐτοῦ κατέσπευσε χιόνα, καὶ ταχύνει ἀστραπὰς κρίματος αὐτοῦ.
43:14	Διὰ τοῦτο ἠνεῴχθησαν θησαυροὶ, καὶ ἐξέπτησαν νεφέλαι ὡς πετεινά.
43:15	Ἐν μεγαλείῳ αὐτοῦ ἴσχυσε νεφέλας, καὶ διεθρύβησαν λίθοι χαλάζης.
43:16	Καὶ ἐν ὀπτασίαις αὐτοῦ σαλευθήσεται ὄρη, ἐν θελήματι πνεύσεται νότος.
43:17	Φωνὴ βροντῆς αὐτοῦ ὠδίνησε γῆν, καὶ καταιγὶς Βορέου καὶ συστροφὴ πνεύματος· ὡς πετεινὰ καθιπτάμενα πάσσει χιόνα, καὶ ὡς ἀκρὶς καταλύουσα ἡ κατάβασις αὐτῆς.
43:18	Κάλλος λευκότητος αὐτῆς ἐκθαυμάσει ὀφθαλμὸς, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὑετοῦ αὐτῆς ἐκστήσεται καρδία.
43:19	Καὶ πάχνην ὡς ἅλα ἐπὶ γῆς χέει, καὶ παγεῖσα γίνεται σκολόπων ἄκρα.
43:20	Ψυχρὸς ἄνεμος Βορέης πνεύσει, καὶ παγήσεται κρύσταλλος ἀφʼ ὕδατος· ἐπὶ πᾶσαν συναγωγὴν ὕδατος καταλύσει, καὶ ὡς θώρακα ἐνδύσεται τὸ ὕδωρ.
43:21	Καταφάγεται ὄρη, καὶ ἔρημον ἐκκαύσει, καὶ ἀποσβέσει χλόην ὡς πῦρ.
43:22	Ἴασις πάντων κατὰ σπουδὴν ὁμίχλη, δρόσος ἀπαντῶσα ἀπὸ καύσωνος ἱλαρώσει.
43:23	Λογισμῷ αὐτοῦ ἐκόπασεν ἄβυσσον, καὶ ἐφύτευσεν αὐτὴν Ἰησοῦς.
43:24	Οἱ πλέοντες τὴν θάλασσαν διηγοῦνται τὸν κίνδυνον αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀκοαῖς ὠτίῳν ἡμῶν θαυμάζομεν.
43:25	Καὶ ἐκεῖ τὰ παρὰδοξα καὶ θαυμάσια ἔργα, ποικιλία παντὸς ζώου, κτίσις κητῶν.
43:26	Διʼ αὐτὸν εὐοδία τέλος αὐτοὺ, καὶ ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ σύγκειται πάντα.
43:27	Πολλὰ ἐροῦμεν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐφικώμεθα, καὶ συντέλεια λόγων τὸ πᾶν ἐστιν αὐτός.
43:28	Δοξάζοντες ποῦ ἰσχύσωμεν; αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ μέγας παρὰ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.
43:29	Φοβερὸς Κύριος καὶ σφόδρα μέγας, καὶ θαυμαστὴ ἡ δυναστεία αὐτοῦ.
43:30	Δοξάζοντες Κύριον ὑψώσατε καθόσον ἂν δύνησθε, ὑπερέξει γὰρ καὶ ἔτι· καὶ ὑψοῦντες αὐτὸν πληθύνατε ἐν ἰσχύϊ, μὴ κοπιᾶτε, οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἐφίκησθε.
43:31	Τίς ἑώρακεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐκδιηγήσεται; καὶ τίς μεγαλύνει αὐτὸν καθώς ἐστι;
43:32	Πολλὰ ἀπόκρυφά ἐστι μείζονα τούτων, ὀλίγα γὰρ ἑωράκαμεν τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ.
43:33	Πάντα γὰρ ἐποίησεν ὁ Κύριος, καὶ τοῖς εὐσεβέσιν ἔδωκε σοφίαν. ΠΑΤΕΡΩΝ ὝΜΝΟΣ.
44:1	Αἰνέσωμεν δὴ ἄνδρας ἐνδόξους, καὶ τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν τῇ γενέσει.
44:2	Πολλὴν δόξαν ἔκτισεν ὁ Κύριος, τὴν μεγαλωσύνην αὐτοῦ ἀπʼ αἰῶνος.
44:3	Κυριεύοντες ἐν ταῖς βασιλείαις αὐτῶν, καὶ ἄνδρες ὀνομαστοὶ ἐν δυνάμει· βουλεύσονται ἐν συνέσει αὐτῶν, ἀπηγγελκότες ἐν προφητείαις·
44:4	ἡγούμενοι λαοῦ ἐν διαβουλίοις, καὶ συνέσει γραμματείας λαοῦ· σοφοὶ λόγοι ἐν παιδείᾳ αὐτῶν·
44:5	ἐκζητοῦντες μέλη μουσικῶν, διηγούμενοι ἔπη ἐν γραφῇ·
44:6	ἄνδρες πλούσιοι κεχορηγημένοι ἰσχύϊ, εἰρηνεύοντες ἐν παροικίαις αὐτῶν·
44:7	πάντες οὗτοι ἐν γενεαῖς ἐδοξάσθησαν, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτῶν καύχημα.
44:8	Εἰσὶν αὐτῶν οἳ κατέλιπον ὄνομα τοῦ ἐκδιηγήσασθαι ἐπαίνους·
44:9	καὶ εἰσὶν ὧν οὐκ ἔστι μνημόσυνον, καὶ ἀπώλοντο ὡς οὐχ ὑπάρξαντες, καὶ ἐγένοντο ὡς οὐ γεγονότες, καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν μετʼ αὐτούς.
44:10	Ἀλλʼ ἢ οὗτοι ἄνδρες ἐλέους, ὧν αἱ δικαιοσύναι οὐκ ἐπελήσθησαν.
44:11	Μετὰ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτῶν διαμενεῖ ἀγαθὴ κληρονομία, ἔκγονα αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖς διαθήκαις.
44:12	Ἔστη σπέρμα αὐτῶν καὶ τέκνα αὐτῶν διʼ αὐτούς·
44:13	ἕως αἰῶνος μενεῖ σπέρμα αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ δόξα αὐτῶν οὐκ. ἐξαλειφθήσεται.
44:14	Τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν ἐν εἰρήνῃ ἐτάφη, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῶν ζῇ εἰς γενεάς.
44:15	Σοφίαν αὐτῶν διηγήσονται λαοὶ, καὶ τὸν ἔπαινον ἐξαγγέλλει ἐκκλησία.
44:16	Ἐνὼχ εὐηρέστησε Κυρίῳ, καὶ μετετέθη ὑπόδειγμα μετανοίας ταῖς γενεαῖς.
44:17	Νῶε εὑρέθη τέλειος δίκαιος, ἐν καιρῷ ὀργῆς ἐγένετο ἀντάλλαγμα· διὰ τοῦτο ἐγενήθη κατάλειμμα τῇ γῇ, διὰ τοῦτο ἐγένετο κατακλυσμός.
44:18	Διαθῆκαι αἰῶνος ἐτέθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἵνα μὴ ἐξαλειφθῇ κατακλυσμῷ πᾶσα σάρξ.
44:19	Ἁβραὰμ μέγας πατὴρ πλήθους ἐθνῶν, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη ὅμοιος ἐν τῇ δόξῃ,
44:20	ὃς συνετήρησε νόμον ὑψίστου, καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν διαθήκῃ μετʼ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐν σαρκὶ αὐτοῦ ἔστησε διαθήκην, καὶ ἐν πειρασμῷ εὑρέθη πιστός.
44:21	Διὰ τοῦτο ἐν ὅρκῳ ἔστησεν αὐτῷ, ἐνευλογηθῆναι ἔθνη ἐν τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ, πληθύναι αὐτὸν ὡς χοῦν τῆς γῆς, καὶ ὡς ἄστρα ἀνυψῶσαι τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατακληρονομῆσαι αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἕως θαλάσσης, καὶ ἀπὸ ποταμοῦ ἕως ἄκρου γῆς.
44:22	Καὶ ἐν τῷ Ἰσαὰκ ἔστησεν οὕτως διὰ Ἁβραὰμ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, εὐλογίαν πάντων ἀνθρώπων καὶ διαθήκην.
44:23	Καὶ κατέπαυσεν ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν Ἰακώβ· ἐπέγνω αὐτὸν ἐν εὐλογίαις αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ἐν κληρονομίᾳ· καὶ διέστειλε μερίδας αὐτοῦ, ἐν φυλαῖς ἐμέρισε δεκαδύο.
45:1	Καὶ ἐξήγαγεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἄνδρα ἐλέους, εὑρίσκοντα χάριν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς πάσης σαρκός· ἐγαπημένον ὑπὸ Θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων Μωυσῆν, οὗ τὸ μνημόσυνον ἐν εὐλογίαις.
45:2	Ὡμοίωσεν αὐτὸν δόξῃ ἁγίων, καὶ ἐμεγάλυνεν αὐτὸν ἐν φόβοις ἐχθρῶν.
45:3	Ἐν λόγοις αὐτοῦ σημεῖα κατέπαυσεν, ἐδόξασεν αὐτὸν κατὰ πρόσωπον βασιλέων· ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ πρὸς λαὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδειξεν αὐτῷ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ.
45:4	Ἐν πίστει καὶ πραΰτητι αὐτοῦ ἡγίασεν, ἐξελέξατο αὐτὸν ἐκ πάσης σαρκός.
45:5	Ἠκούτισεν αὐτὸν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰσήγαγεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν γνόφον· καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κατὰ πρόσωπον ἐντολὰς, νόμον ζωῆς καὶ ἐπιστημης, διδάξαι τὸν Ἰακὼβ διαθήκην, καὶ κρίματα αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἰσραήλ.
45:6	Ἀαρὼν ὕψωσεν ἅγιον ὅμοιον αὐτῷ, ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ἐκ φυλῆς Λευΐ.
45:7	Ἔστησεν αὐτῷ διαθήκην αἰῶνος, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ἱερατείαν λαοῦ· ἐμακάρισεν αὐτὸν ἐν εὐκοσμίᾳ, καὶ περιέζωσεν αὐτὸν στολὴν δόξης.
45:8	Ἐνέδυσεν αὐτὸν συντέλειαν καυχήματος, καὶ ἐστερέωσεν αὐτὸν σκεύεσιν ἰσχύος, περισκελῆ καὶ ποδήρη καὶ ἐπωμίδα,
45:9	καὶ ἐκύκλωσεν αὐτὸν ῥοΐσκοις χρυσοῖς, κώδωσι πλείστοις κυκλόθεν, ἠχῆσαι φωνὴν ἐν βήμασιν αὐτοῦ, ἀκουστὸν ποιῆσαι ἦχον ἐν ναῷ εἰς μνημόσυνον υἱοῖς λαοῦ αὐτοῦ,
45:10	στολῇ ἁγίᾳ, χρυσῷ, καὶ ὑακίνθῳ, καὶ πορφύρᾳ, ἔργῳ ποικιλτοῦ, λογείῳ κρίσεως, δήλοις ἀληθείας,
45:11	κεκλωσμένῃ κόκκῳ, ἔργῳ τεχνίτου, λίθοις πολυτελέσι γλύμματος σφραγίδος, ἐν δέσει χρυσίου, ἔργῳ λιθουργοῦ, εἰς μνημόσυνον ἐν γραφῇ κεκολαμμένῃ κατʼ ἀριθμὸν φυλῶν Ἰσραήλ·
45:12	στέφανον χρυσοῦν ἐπάνω κιδάρεως, ἐκτύπωμα σφραγίδος ἁγιάσματος, καύχημα τιμῆς, ἔργον ἰσχύος, ἐπιθυμήματα ὀφθαλμῶν κοσμούμενα ὡραῖα.
45:13	Πρὸ αὐτοῦ οὐ γέγονε τοιαῦτα ἕως αἰῶνος, οὐκ ἐνεδύσατο ἀλλογενὴς, πλὴν τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ μόνον, καὶ τὰ ἔκγονα αὐτοῦ διαπαντός.
45:14	Θυσίαι αὐτοῦ ὁλοκαρπωθήσονται καθημέραν ἐνδελεχῶς δίς.
45:15	Ἐπλήρωσε Μωυσῆς τὰς χεῖρας, καὶ ἔχρισεν αὐτὸν ἐν ἐλαίῳ ἁγίῳ· ἐγενήθη αὐτῷ εἰς διαθήκην αἰώνιον, καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμέραις οὐρανοῦ, λειτουργεῖν αὐτῷ ἅμα καὶ ἱερατεύειν, καὶ εὐλογεῖν τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ.
45:16	Ἐξελέξατο αὐτὸν ἀπὸ παντὸς ζῶντος, προσαγαγεῖν κάρπωσιν Κυρίῳ, θυμίαμα καὶ εὐωδίαν εἰς μνημόσυνον, ἐξιλάσκεσθαι περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ σου.
45:17	Ἔδωκεν αὐτὸν ἐν ἐντολαῖς αὐτοῦ, ἐξουσίαν ἐν διαθήκαις κριμάτων, διδάξαι τὸν Ἰακὼβ τὰ μαρτύρια, καὶ ἐν νόμῳ αὐτοῦ φωτίσαι Ἰσραήλ.
45:18	Ἐπισυνέστησαν αὐτῷ ἀλλότριοι, καὶ ἐζήλωσαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἄνδρες οἱ περὶ Δαθὰν καὶ Ἀβειρὼν, καὶ ἡ συναγωγὴ Κορὲ ἐν θυμῷ καὶ ὀργῇ.
45:19	Εἶδε Κύριος καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησε, καὶ συνετελέσθησαν ἐν θυμῷ ὀργῆς· ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖς τέρατα, καταναλῶσαι ἐν πυρὶ φλογὸς αὐτοῦ.
45:20	Καὶ προσέθηκεν Ἀαρὼν δόξαν, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κληρονομίαν· ἀπαρχὰς πρωτογενημάτων ἐμέρισεν αὐτοῖς· ἄρτον ἐν πρώτοις ἡτοίμασε πλησμονήν.
45:21	Καὶ γὰρ θυσίας Κυρίου φάγονται, ἃς ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ τε καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ.
45:22	Πλὴν ἐν γῇ λαοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσει, καὶ μερὶς οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ ἐν λαῷ, αὐτὸς γὰρ μερίς σου, κληρονομία.
45:23	Καὶ Φινεὲς υἱὸς Ἐλεάζαρ τρίτος εἰς δόξαν, ἐν τῷ ζηλῶσαι αὐτὸν ἐν φόβῳ Κυρίου, καὶ στῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐν τροπῇ λαοῦ, ἐν ἀγαθότητι προθυμίας ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐξιλάσατο περὶ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
45:24	Διὰ τοῦτο ἐστάθη αὐτῷ διαθήκη εἰρήνης, προστάτην ἁγίων καὶ λαῷ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα αὐτῷ ᾖ καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ ἱερωσύνης μεγαλεῖον εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας·
45:25	καὶ διαθηκήν τῷ Δαυὶδ υἱῷ ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα, κληρονομία βασιλέως υἱοῦ ἐξ υἱοῦ μόνου, κληρονομία Ἀαρὼν καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ.
45:26	Δῴη ὑμῖν σοφίαν ἐν καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν, κρίνειν τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ, ἵνα μὴ ἀφανισθῇ τὰ ἀγαθὰ αὐτῶν, καὶ τὴν δόξαν αὐτῶν εἰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν.
46:1	Κράταιος ἐν πολέμοις Ἰησοῦς Ναυῆ, καὶ διάδοχος Μωυσῆ ἐν προφητείαις· ὃς ἐγένετο κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μέγας ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ, ἐκδικῆσαι ἐπεγειρομένους ἐχθροὺς, ὅπως κληρονομήσῃ τὸν Ἰσραήλ.
46:2	Ὡς ἐδοξάσθη ἐν τῷ ἐπᾶραι χεῖρας αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῷ ἐκκλῖναι ῥομφαίαν ἐπὶ πόλεις;
46:3	Τίς πρότερον αὐτοῦ οὕτως ἔστη; τοὺς γὰρ πολεμίους Κύριος αὐτὸς ἐπήγαγεν.
46:4	Οὐχὶ ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ἀνεπόδισεν ὁ ἥλιος, καὶ μία ἡμέρα ἐγενήθη πρὸς δύο;
46:5	Ἐπεκαλέσατο τὸν ὕψιστον δυνάστην, ἐν τῷ θλίψαι αὐτὸν ἐχθροὺς κυκλόθεν· καὶ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῶν μέγος Κύριος.
46:6	Ἐν λίθοις χαλάζης δυνάμεως κραταιᾶς· κατέῤῥαξεν ἐπʼ ἔθνος πόλεμον, καὶ ἐν καταβάσει ἀπώλεσεν ἀνθεστηκότας· ἵνα γνῶσιν ἔθνη πανοπλίαν αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐναντίον Κυρίου ὁ πόλεμος αὐτοῦ, καὶ γὰρ ἐπηκολούθησεν ὀπίσω δυνάστου.
46:7	Καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις Μωυσέως ἐποίησεν ἔλεος, αὐτὸς καὶ Χαλὲβ υἱὸς Ἰεφοννῆ, ἀντιστῆναι ἔναντι ἐχθροῦ, κωλῦσαι λαὸν ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ κοπάσαι γογγυσμὸν πονηρίας.
46:8	Καὶ αὐτοὶ δύο ὄντες διεσώθησαν ἀπὸ ἑξακοσίων χιλιάδων πεζῶν, εἰσαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς κληρονομίαν, εἰς γῆν ῥέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι.
46:9	Καὶ ἔδωκεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Χαλὲβ ἰσχὺν, καὶ ἕως γήρους διέμεινεν αὐτῷ, ἐπιβῆναι αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ὕψος τῆς γῆς, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ κατέσχε κληρονομίαν·
46:10	ὅπως ἴδωσι πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ, ὅτι καλὸν τὸ πορεύεσθαι ὀπίσω Κυρίου.
46:11	Καὶ οἱ κριταὶ ἕκαστος τῷ αὐτοῦ ὀνόματι, ὅσων οὐκ ἐξεπόρνευσεν ἡ καρδία, καὶ ὅσοι οὐκ ἀπεστράφησαν ἀπὸ Κυρίου, εἴη τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν ἐν εὐλογίαις·
46:12	τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτῶν ἀναθάλοι ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῶν ἀντικαταλλασσόμένον ἐφ υἱοῖς δεδοξασμένων αὐτῶν.
46:13	Ἠγαπημένος ὑπὸ Κυρίου αὐτοῦ Σαμουὴλ προφήτης Κυρίου κατέστησε βασιλείαν, καὶ ἔχρισεν ἄρχοντας ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ.
46:14	Ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου ἔκρινε συναγωγὴν, καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο Κύριος τὸν Ἰακώβ.
46:15	Ἐν πίστει αὐτοῦ ἠκριβάσθη προφήτης, καὶ ἐγνώσθη ἐν πίστει αὐτοῦ πιστὸς ὁράσεως.
46:16	Καὶ ἐπεκαλέσατο τὸν Κύριον δυνάστην, ἐν τῷ θλίψαι ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ κυκλόθεν, ἐν προσφορᾷ ἀρνὸς γαλαθηνοῦ.
46:17	Καὶ ἐβρόντησεν ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ Κύριος, καὶ ἐν ἤχῳ μεγάλῳ ἀκουστὴν ἐποίησε τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ.
46:18	Καὶ ἐξέτριψεν ἡγουμένους Τυρίων, καὶ πάντας ἄρχοντας Φυλιστιείμ.
46:19	Καὶ πρὸ καιροῦ κοιμήσεως αἰῶνος ἐπεμαρτύρατο ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ χριστοῦ, χρήματα καὶ ἕως ὑποδημάτων ἀπὸ πάσης σαρκὸς οὐκ εἴληφα· καὶ οὐκ ἐνεκάλεσεν αὐτῷ ἄνθρωπος.
46:20	Καὶ μετὰ τὸ ὑπνῶσαι αὐτὸν προεφήτευσε, καὶ ὑπέδειξε βασιλεῖ τὴν τελευτὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνύψωσεν ἐκ γῆς τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ, ἐν προφητείᾳ ἐξαλεῖψαι ἀνομίαν λαοῦ.
47:1	Καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἀνέστη Νάθαν προφητεύειν ἐν ἡμέραις Δαυίδ.
47:2	Ὥσπερ στέαρ ἀφωρισμένον ἀπὸ σωτηρίου, οὕτως Δαυὶδ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.
47:3	Ἐν λέουσιν ἔπαισεν ὡς ἐν ἐρίφοις, καὶ ἐν ἄρκοις ὡς ἐν ἄρνασι προβάτων.
47:4	Ἐν νεότητι αὐτοῦ οὐχὶ ἀπέκτεινε γίγαντα, καὶ ἐξῇρεν ὀνειδισμὸν ἐκ λαοῦ, ἐν τῷ ἐπᾶραι χεῖρα ἐν λίθῳ σφενδόνης, καὶ καταβαλεῖν γαυρίαμα τοῦ Γολιάθ;
47:5	Ἐπεκαλέσατο γὰρ Κύριον τὸν ὕψιστον, καὶ ἔδωκεν ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτοῦ κράτος ἐξᾶραι ἄνθρωπον δυνατὸν ἐν πολέμῳ, ἀνυψῶσαι κέρας λαοῦ αὐτοῦ.
47:6	Οὕτως ἐν μυριάσιν ἐδόξασεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ᾔνεσεν αὐτὸν ἐν εὐλογίαις Κυρίου, ἐν τῷ φέρεσθαι αὐτῷ διάδημα δόξης.
47:7	Ἐξέτριψε γὰρ ἐχθροὺς κυκλόθεν, καὶ ἐξουδένωσε Φυλιστιεὶμ τοὺς ὑπεναντίους· ἕως σήμερον συνετριψεν αὐτῶν κέρας.
47:8	Ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν ἐξομολόγησιν· ἁγίῳ ὑψίστῳ ῥήματι δόξης ἐν πάσῃ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ ὕμνησε, καὶ ἠγάπησε τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτόν.
47:9	Καὶ ἔστησε ψαλτῳδοὺς κατέναντι τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ ἐξ ἤχου αὐτῶν γλυκαίνει μέλη.
47:10	Ἔδωκεν ἐν ἐορταῖς εὐπρέπειαν, καὶ ἐκόσμησε καιροὺς μέχρι συντελείας· ἐν τῷ αἰνεῖν αὐτοὺς τὸ ἅγιον ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπὸ πρωῒ ἠχεῖν τὸ ἁγίασμα.
47:11	Κύριος ἀφεῖλε τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἀυτοῦ, καὶ ἀνύψωσεν εἰς αἰῶνα τὸ κέρας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ διαθήκην βασιλέων καὶ θρόνον δόξης ἐν τῷ Ἰσραήλ.
47:12	Μετὰ τούτου ἀνέστη υἱὸς ἐπιστήμων, καὶ διʼ αὐτὸν κατέλυσεν ἐν πλατυσμῷ.
47:13	Σαλωμὼν ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν ἡμέραις εἰρήνης, ᾧ ὁ Θεὸς κατέπαυσε κυκλόθεν, ἵνα στήσῃ οἶκον ἐπʼ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἑτοιμάσῃ ἁγίασμα εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
47:14	Ὡς ἐσοφίσθης ἐν νεότητί σου, καὶ ἐνεπλήσθης ὡς ποταμὸς συνέσεως.
47:15	Γῆν ἐπεκάλυψεν ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ ἐνέπλησας ἐν παραβολαῖς αἰνιγμάτων.
47:16	Εἰς νήσους πόῤῥω ἀφίκετο τὸ ὄνομά σου, καὶ ἠγαπήθης ἐν τῇ εἰρήνῃ σου.
47:17	Ἐν ᾠδαῖς καὶ παροιμίαις καὶ παραβολαῖς, καὶ ἐν ἑρμηνείαις ἀπεθαύμασάν σε χῶραι.
47:18	Ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἐπικεκλημένου Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, συνήγαγες ὡς κασσίτερον τὸ χρυσίον, καὶ ὡς μόλιβδον ἐπλήθυνας ἀργύριον.
47:19	Παρενέκλινας τὰς λαγόνας σου γυναιξὶ, καὶ ἐνεξουσιάσθης ἐν τῷ σώματί σου.
47:20	Ἔδωκας μῶμον ἐν τῇ δόξῃ σου, καὶ ἐβεβήλωσας τὸ σπέρμα σου, ἐπαγαγεῖν ὀργὴν ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα σου, καὶ κατενύγην ἐπὶ τῇ ἀφροσύνῃ σου,
47:21	γενέσθαι δίχα τυραννίδα, καὶ ἐξ Ἐφραὶμ ἄρξαι βασιλείαν ἀπειθῆ.
47:22	Ὁ δὲ Κύριος οὐ μὴ καταλίπῃ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ μη διαφθαρῇ ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ· οὐδὲ μὴ ἐξαλείψῃ ἐκλεκτοῦ ἔκγονα, καὶ σπέρμα τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος αὐτὸν οὐ μὴ ἐξάρῃ· καὶ τῷ Ἰακὼβ ἔδωκε κατάλειμμα, καὶ τῷ Δαυὶδ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ῥίζαν.
47:23	Καὶ ἀνεπαύσατο Σαλωμὼν μετὰ τῶν πατέρων· καὶ κατέλιπε μετʼ αὐτὸν ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος αὐτοῦ, λαοῦ ἀφροσύνην καὶ ἐλασσούμενον συνέσει, Ῥοβοὰμ, ὃς ἀπέστησε λαὸν ἐκ βουλῆς αὐτοῦ· καὶ Ἱεροβοὰμ υἱὸν Ναβὰτ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτε τὸν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ Ἐφραὶμ ὁδὸν ἁμαρτίας.
47:24	Καὶ ἐπληθύνθησαν αἱ ἁμαρτίαι αὐτῶν σφόδρα, ἀποστῆσαι αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν.
47:25	Καὶ πᾶσαν πονηρίαν ἐξεζήτησαν, ἕως ἐκδίκησις ἔλθῃ ἐπʼ αὐτούς.
48:1	Καὶ ἀνέστη Ἠλίας προφήτης ὡς πῦρ, καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ ὡς λαμπὰς ἐκαίετο·
48:2	ὃς ἐπήγαγεν ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς λιμὸν, καὶ τῷ ζήλῳ αὐτοῦ ὠλιγοποίησεν αὐτούς.
48:3	Ἐν λόγῳ Κυρίου ἀνέσχεν οὐρανὸν, κατήγαγεν οὕτως τρὶς πῦρ.
48:4	Ὡς ἐδοξάσθης Ἠλία ἐν τοῖς θαυμασίοις σου; καὶ τίς ὅμοιός σοι καυχᾶσθαι;
48:5	Ὁ ἐγείρας νεκρὸν ἐκ θυνάτου καὶ ἐξ ᾅδου ἐν λόγῳ ὑψίστου·
48:6	ὁ καταγαγὼν βασιλεῖς εἰς ἀπώλειαν, καὶ δεδοξασμένους ἀπὸ κλίνης αὐτῶν·
48:7	ὁ ἀκούων ἐν Σινᾷ ἐλεγμὸν, καὶ ἐν Χωρὴβ κρίματα ἐκδικήσεως·
48:8	ὁ χρίων βασιλεῖς εἰς ἀνταπόδομα, καὶ προφήτας διαδόχους μετʼ αὐτόν·
48:9	ὁ ἀναληφθεὶς ἐν λαίλαπι πυρὸς ἐν ἅρματι ἵππων πυρίνων·
48:10	ὁ καταγραφεὶς ἐν ἐλεγμοῖς εἰς καιροὺς, κοπάσαι ὀργὴν πρὸ θυμοῦ, καὶ ἐπιστρέψαι καρδίαν πατρὸς πρὸς υἱὸν, καὶ καταστῆσαι φυλὰς Ἰακώβ.
48:11	Μακάριοι οἱ ἰδόντες σε, καὶ οἱ ἐν ἀγαπήσει κεκοσμημένοι· καὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς ζωῇ ζησόμεθα.
48:12	Ἠλίας, ὃς ἐν λαίλαπι ἐσκεπάσθη· καὶ Ἐλισαιὲ ἐνεπλήσθη πνεύματος αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἐσαλεύθη ὑπὸ ἄρχοντος, καὶ οὐ κατεδυνάστευσεν αὐτὸν οὐδείς.
48:13	Πᾶς λόγος οὐχ ὑπερῇρεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐν κοιμήσει ἐπροφήτευσε τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ.
48:14	Καὶ ἐν ζωῇ αὐτοῦ ἐποίησε τέρατα. καὶ ἐν τελευτῇ θαυμάσια τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ.
48:15	Ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις οὐ μετενόησεν ὁ λαὸς, καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, ἕως ἐπρονομεύθησαν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐσκορπίσθησαν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ· καὶ κατελείφθη ὁ λαὸς ὀλιγοστὸς, καὶ ἄρχων τῷ οἴκῳ Δαυίδ.
48:16	Τινὲς μὲν αὐτῶν ἐποίησαν τὸ ἀρεστὸν, τινὲς δὲ ἐπλήθυναν ἁμαρτίας.
48:17	Ἐζεκίας ὠχύρωσε τὴν πόλιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰσήγαγεν εἰς μέσον αὐτῶν τὸν Γώγ· ὤρυξε σιδήρῳ ἀκρότομον, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε κρήνας εἰς ὕδατα.
48:18	Ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνέβη Σενναχηρὶμ, καὶ ἀπέστειλε Ῥαψάκην, καὶ ἀπῇρε· καὶ ἐπῇρεν ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Σιὼν, καὶ ἐμεγαλαύχησεν ὑπερηφανίᾳ αὐτοῦ.
48:19	Τότε ἐσαλεύθησαν καρδίαι καὶ χεῖρες αὐτῶν, καὶ ὠδίνησαν ὡς αἱ τίκτουσαι.
48:20	Καὶ ἐπεκαλέσαντο τὸν Κύριον τὸν ἐλεήμονα, ἐκπετάσαντες τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν πρὸς αὐτόν· καὶ ὁ ἅγιος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ταχὺ ἐπήκουσεν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐλυτρώσατο αὐτοὺς ἐν χειρὶ Ἡσαΐου.
48:21	Ἐπάταξε τὴν παρεμβολὴν τῶν Ἀσσυρίων, καὶ ἐξέτριψεν αὐτοὺς ὁ ἄγγελος αὐτοῦ.
48:22	Ἐποίησε γὰρ Ἐζεκίας τὸ ἀρεστὸν Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἐνίσχυσεν ἐν ὁδοῖς Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ἃς ἐνετείλατο Ἡσαΐας ὁ προφήτης ὁ μέγας, καὶ πιστὸς ἐν ὁράσει αὐτοῦ.
48:23	Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνεπόδισεν ὁ ἥλιος, καὶ προσέθηκε ζωὴν βασιλεῖ·
48:24	Πνεύματι μεγάλῳ εἶδε τὰ ἔσχατα, καὶ παρεκάλεσε τοὺς πενθοῦντας ἐν Σιών.
48:25	Ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος ὑπέδειξε τὰ ἐσόμενα, καὶ τὰ ἀπόκρυφα πρινὴ παραγενέσθαι αὐτά.
49:1	Μνημόσυνον Ἰωσίου εἰς σύνθεσιν θυμιάματος, ἐσκευασμένον ἔργῳ μυρεψοῦ, ἐν παντὶ στόματι ὡς μέλι γλυκανθήσεται, καὶ ὡς μουσικὰ ἐν συμποσίῳ οἴνου.
49:2	Αὐτὸς κατευθύνθη ἐν ἐπιστροφῇ λαοῦ, καὶ ἐξῇρε βδελύγματα ἀνομίας.
49:3	Κατεύθυνε πρὸς Κύριον τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ, ἐν ἡμέραις ἀνόμων κατίσχυσε τὴν εὐσέβειαν.
49:4	Πάρεξ Δαυὶδ, καὶ Ἐζεκίου, καὶ Ἰωσίου, πάντες πλημμέλειαν ἐπλημμέλησαν· κατέλιπον γὰρ τὸν νόμον τοῦ ὑψίστου, οἱ βασιλεῖς Ἰούδα ἐξέλιπον.
49:5	Ἔδωκαν γὰρ τὸ κέρας αὐτῶν ἑτέροις, καὶ τὴν δόξαν αὐτῶν ἔθνει ἀλλοτρίῳ.
49:6	Ἐνεπύρισαν ἐκλεκτὴν πόλιν ἁγιάσματος, καὶ ἠρήμωσαν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἐν χειρὶ Ἱερεμίου.
49:7	Ἐκάκωσαν γὰρ αὐτὸν, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν μήτρᾳ ἡγιάσθη προφήτης ἐκριζοῦν καὶ κακοῦν καὶ ἀπολλύειν, ὡσαύτως οἰκοδομεῖν καὶ καταφυτεύειν.
49:8	Ἰεζεκιὴλ ὃς εἶδεν ὅρασιν δόξης, ἣν ὑπέδειξεν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ ἅρματος χερουβίμ.
49:9	Καὶ γὰρ ἐμνήσθη τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐν ὄμβρῳ, καὶ ἀγαθῶσαι τοὺς εὐθύνοντας ὁδούς.
49:10	Καὶ τῶν δώδεκα προφητῶν τὰ ὀστᾶ ἀναθάλοι ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτῶν· παρεκάλεσε δὲ τὸν Ἰακὼβ, καὶ ἐλυτρώσατο αὐτοὺς ἐν πίστει ἐλπίδος.
49:11	Πῶς μεγαλύνωμεν τὸν Ζοροβάβελ; καὶ αὐτὸς ὡς σφραγὶς ἐπὶ δεξιᾶς χειρός.
49:12	Οὕτως Ἰησοῦς υἱὸς Ἰωσεδέκ· οἳ ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτῶν ᾠκοδόμησαν οἴκον, καὶ ἀνύψωσαν λαὸν ἅγιον Κυρίῳ ἡτοιμασμένον εἰς δόξαν αἰῶνος.
49:13	Καὶ Νεεμίου ἐπὶ πολὺ τὸ μνημόσυνον, τοῦ ἐγείραντος ἡμῖν τείχη πεπτωκότα, καὶ στήσαντος πύλας καὶ μοχλοὺς, καὶ ἀνεγείραντος τὰ οἰκόπεδα ἡμῶν.
49:14	Οὐδὲ εἷς ἐκτίσθη οἷος Ἐνὼχ τοιοῦτος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἀνελήφθη ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.
49:15	Οὐδὲ ὡς Ἰωσὴφ ἐγεννήθη ἀνὴρ, ἡγούμενος ἀδελφῶν, στήριγμα λαοῦ, καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐπεσκέπησαν.
49:16	Σὴμ καὶ Σὴθ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἐδοξάσθησαν, καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶν ζῶον ἐν τῇ κτίσει Ἀδάμ.
50:1	Σίμων Ὀνίου υἱὸς ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας, ὃς ἐν ζωῇ αὐτοῦ ὑπέῤῥαψεν οἶκον, καὶ ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἐστερέωσε τὸν ναόν·
50:2	καὶ ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐθεμελιώθη ὕψος διπλῆς ἀνάλημμα ὑψηλὸν περιβόλου ἱεροῦ.
50:3	Ἐν ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἠλαττώθη ἀποδοχεῖον ὑδάτων, χαλκὸς ὡσεὶ θαλάσσης τὸ περίμετρον·
50:4	ὁ φροντίζων τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ πτώσεως, καὶ ἐνισχύσας πόλιν ἐμπολιορκῆσαι,
50:5	ὡς ἐδοξάσθη ἐν περιστροφῇ λαοῦ, ἐν ἐξόδῳ οἴκου καταπετάσματος·
50:6	ὡς ἀστὴρ ἑωθινὸς ἐν μέσῳ νεφέλης, ὡς σελήνη πλήρης ἐν ἡμέραις·
50:7	ὡς ἥλιος ἐκλάμπων ἐπὶ ναὸν ὑψίστου, καὶ ὡς τόξον φωτίζον ἐν νεφέλαις δόξης·
50:8	ὡς ἄνθος ῥόδων ἐν ἡμέραις νέων, ὡς κρίνα ἐπʼ ἐξόδων ὕδατος· ὡς βλαστὸς Λιβάνου ἐν ἡμέραις θέρους,
50:9	ὡς πῦρ καὶ λίβανος ἐπὶ πυρείου· ὡς σκεῦος χρυσίου ὁλοσφύρητον κεκοσμημένον παντὶ λίθῳ πολυτελεῖ·
50:10	ὡς ἐλαία ἀναθάλλουσα καρποὺς, καὶ ὡς κυπάρισσος ὑψουμένη ἐν νεφέλαις.
50:11	Ἐν τῷ ἀναλαμβάνειν αὐτὸν στολὴν δόξης, καὶ ἐνδιδύσκεσθαι αὐτὸν συντέλειαν καυχήματος, ἐν ἀναβάσει θυσιαστηρίου ἁγίου ἐδόξασε περιβολὴν ἁγιάσματος.
50:12	Ἐν δὲ τῷ δέχεσθαι μέλη ἐκ χειρῶν ἱερέων, καὶ αὐτὸς ἑστὼς παρʼ ἐσχάρᾳ βωμοῦ, κυκλόθεν αὐτοῦ στέφανος ἀδελφῶν, ὡς βλάστημα κέδρου ἐν τῶ λιβάνῳ· καὶ ἐκύκλωσαν αὐτὸν ὡς στελέχη φοινίκων,
50:13	καὶ πάντες οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀαρὼν ἐν δόξῃ αὐτῶν· καὶ προσφορὰ Κυρίου ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν ἔναντι πάσης ἐκκλησίας Ἰσραήλ.
50:14	Καὶ συντέλειαν λειτουργῶν ἐπὶ βωμῶν, κοσμῆσαι προσφορὰν ὑψίστου παντοκράτορος,
50:15	ἐξέτεινεν ἐπὶ σπονδείου χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσπεισεν ἐξ αἵματος σταφυλῆς· ἐξέχεεν εἰς θεμέλια θυσιαστηρίου ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας ὑψίστῷ παμβασιλεῖ.
50:16	Τότε ἀνέκραγον υἱοὶ Ἀαρὼν, ἐν σάλπιγξιν ἐλαταῖς ἤχησαν· ἀκουστὴν ἐποίησαν φωνὴν μεγάλην εἰς μνημόσυνον ἔναντι ὑψίστου.
50:17	Τότε πᾶς ὁ λαὸς κοινῇ κατέσπευσε, καὶ ἔπεσαν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, προσκυνῆσαι τῷ Κυρίῳ αὐτῶν παντοκράτορι Θεῷ τῷ ὑψίστῳ.
50:18	Καὶ ᾔνεσαν οἱ ψαλμῳδοὶ ἐν φωναῖς αὐτῶν, ἐν πλείστῳ οἴκῳ ἐγλυκάνθη μέλος.
50:19	Καὶ ἐδεήθη ὁ λαὸς Κυρίου ὑψίστου ἐν προσευχῇ κατέναντι ἐλεήμονος, ἕως συντελεσθῇ κόσμος Κυρίου, καὶ τὴν λειτουργίαν αὐτοῦ ἐτελείωσαν.
50:20	Τότε καταβὰς ἐπῇρε χεῖρας αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ἐκκλησίαν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, δοῦναι εὐλογίαν Κυρίῳ ἐν χειλέων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ καυχᾶσθαι.
50:21	Καὶ ἐδευτέρωσεν ἐν προσκυνήσει ἐπιδείξασθαι τὴν εὐλογίαν παρὰ ὑψίστου.
50:22	Καὶ νῦν εὐλογήσατε τῷ Θεῷ πάντες τῷ μεγαλοποιοῦντι πάντη, τὸν ὑψοῦντα ἡμέρας ἡμῶν ἐκ μήτρας, καὶ ποιοῦντα μεθʼ ἡμῶν κατὰ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ.
50:23	Δῴη ἡμῖν εὐφροσύνην καρδίας, καὶ γενέσθαι εἰρήνην ἐν ἡμέραις ἡμῶν ἐν Ἰσραὴλ κατὰ τὰς ἡμέρας τοῦ αἰῶνος,
50:24	ἐμπιστεῦσαι μεθʼ ἡμῶν τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ λυτρωσάσθω ἡμᾶς.
50:25	Ἐν δυσὶν ἔθνεσι προσώχθισεν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ τὸ τρίτον οὐκ ἔστιν ἔθνος.
50:26	Οἱ καθήμενοι ἐν ὄρει Σαμαρείας, Φυλιστιεὶμ καὶ ὁ λαὸς μωρὸς ὁ κατοικῶν ἐν Σικίμοις.
50:27	Παιδείαν συνέσεως καὶ ἐπιστήμης ἐχάραξε ἐν τῷ βιβλίῳ, τούτῳ, Ἰησοῦς υἱὸς Σειρὰχ Ἱεροσολυμίτης, ὃς ἀνώμβρησε σοφίαν ἀπὸ καρδίας αὐτοῦ.
50:28	Μακάριος ὃς ἐν τούτοις ἀναστραφήσεται, καὶ ὁ θεὶς αὐτὰ ἐπὶ καρδίαν αὐτοῦ σοφισθήσεται.
50:29	Ἐὰν γὰρ αὐτὰ ποιήσῃ, πρὸς πάντα ἰσχύσει, ὅτι φῶς Κυρίου τὸ ἴχνος αὐτοῦ. ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΗ ἸΗΣΟΥ ΥΙΟΥ ΣΕΙΡΑΧ.
51:1	Ἐξομολογήσομαι σοι Κύριε βασιλεῦ, καὶ αἰνέσω σε Θεὸν τὸν σωτῆρά μου· ἐξομολογοῦμαι τῷ ὀνόματί σου,
51:2	ὅτι σκεπαστὴς καὶ βοηθὸς ἐγένου μοι, καὶ ἐλυτρώσω τὸ σῶμά μου ἐξ ἀπωλείας, καὶ ἐκ παγίδος διαβολῆς γλώσσης· ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐργαζομένων ψεῦδος, καὶ ἔναντι τῶν παρεστηκότων ἐγένου μοι βοηθὸς,
51:3	καὶ ἐλυτρώσω με, κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος ἐλέους καὶ ὀνόματός σου, ἐκ βρυγμῶν ἑτοίμων εἰς βρῶμα, ἐκ χειρὸς ζητούντων τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἐκ πλειόνων θλίψεων ὧν ἔσχον,
51:4	ἀπὸ πνιγμοῦ πυρὸς κυκλόθεν, καὶ ἐκ μέσου πυρὸς οὗ οὐκ ἐξέκαυσα,
51:5	ἐκ βάθους κοιλίας ᾅδου, καὶ ἀπὸ γλώσσης ἀκαθάρτου, καὶ λόγου ψευδοῦς.
51:6	Βασιλεῖ διαβολὴ γλώσσης ἀδίκου· ᾔγγισεν ἕως θανάτου ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ ἡ ζωή μου ἦν σύνεγγυς ᾅδου κάτω.
51:7	Περιέσχον με πάντοθεν, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ βοηθῶν· ἐμβλέπων εἰς ἀντίληψιν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ οὐκ ἦν.
51:8	Καὶ ἐμνήσθην τοῦ ἐλέους σου Κύριε, καὶ τῆς ἐργασίας σου τῆς ἀπʼ αἰῶνος· ὅτι ἐξελῇ τοὺς ὑπομένοντάς σε, καὶ σώζεις αὐτοὺς ἐκ χειρὸς ἐθνῶν.
51:9	Καὶ ἀνύψωσα ἐπὶ γῆς ἱκετείαν μου, καὶ ὑπὲρ θανάτου ῥύσεως ἐδεήθην.
51:10	Ἐπεκαλεσάμην Κύριον πατέρα Κυρίου μου, μή με ἐγκαταλιπεῖν ἐν ἡμέραις θλίψεως, ἐν καιρῷ ὑπερηφάνων ἀβοηθησίας.
51:11	Αἰνέσω τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐνδελεχῶς, καὶ ὑμνήσω ἐν ἐξομολογήσει· καὶ εἰσηκούσθη ἡ δέησίς μου.
51:12	Ἔσωσας γάρ με ἐξ ἀπωλείας, καὶ ἐξείλου με ἐκ καιροῦ πονηροῦ· διὰ τοῦτο ἐξομολογήσομαι καὶ αἰνέσω σοι, καὶ εὐλογήσω τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου·
51:13	Ἔτι ὢν νεώτερος, πρινὴ πλανηθῆναί με, ἐζήτησα σοφίαν προφανῶς ἐν προσευχῇ μου.
51:14	Ἔναντι ναοῦ ἠξίουν περὶ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἕως ἐσχάτων ἐκζητήσω αὐτὴν,
51:15	ἐξ ἄνθους ὡς περκαζούσης σταφυλῆς· εὐφράνθη ἡ καρδία μου ἐν αὐτῇ, ἐπέβη ὁ πούς μου ἐν εὐθύτητι, ἐκ νεότητός μου ἴχνευσα αὐτήν.
51:16	Ἔκλινα ὀλίγον τὸ οὖς μου, καὶ ἐδεξάμην, καὶ πολλὴν εὗρον ἐμαυτῷ παιδείαν.
51:17	Προκοπὴ ἐγένετό μοι ἐν αὐτῇ· τῷ διδόντι μοι σοφίαν, δώσω δόξαν.
51:18	Διενοήθην γὰρ τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐζήλωσα τὸ ἀγαθὸν, καὶ οὐ μὴ αἰσχυνθῶ.
51:19	Διαμεμάχηται ἡ ψυχή μου ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ ἐν ποιήσει λιμοῦ διηκριβωσάμην· τὰς χεῖράς μου ἐξεπέτασα πρός ὕψος, καὶ τὰ ἀγνοήματα αὐτῆς ἐπένθησα,
51:20	τὴν ψυχήν μου κατεύθυνα εἰς αὐτὴν, καρδίαν ἐκτησάμην μετʼ αὐτῶν ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, καὶ ἐν καθαρισμῷ εὗρον αὐτήν· διὰ τοῦτο οὐ μὴ ἐγκαταλειφθῶ.
51:21	Καὶ ἡ κοιλία μου ἐταράχθη ἐκζητῆσαι αὐτήν· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκτησάμην ἀγαθὸν κτῆμα.
51:22	Ἔδωκε Κύριος γλῶσσάν μοι μισθόν μου, καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ αἰνέσω αὐτόν.
51:23	Ἐγγίσατε πρὸς μὲ ἀπαίδευτοι, καὶ αὐλίσθητε ἐν οἴκῳ παιδείας.
51:24	Διότι ὑστερεῖτε ἐν τούτοις, καὶ αἱ ψυχαὶ ὑμῶν διψῶσι σφόδρα;
51:25	Ἤνοιξα τὸ στὸμα μου, καὶ ἐλάλησα, κτήσασθε ἑαυτοῖς ἄνευ ἀργυριου.
51:26	Τὸν τράχηλον ὑμῶν ὑπόθετε ὑπὸ ζυγὸν, καὶ ἐπιδεξάσθω ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν παιδείαν, ἐγγύς ἐστιν εὑρεῖν αὐτήν.
51:27	Ἴδετε ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑμῶν ὅτι ὀλίγον ἐκοπίασα, καὶ εὗρον ἐμαυτῷ πολλὴν ἀνάπαυσιν.
51:28	Μετάσχετε παιδείας ἐν πολλῷ ἀριθμῷ ἀργυρίου, καὶ πολὺν χρυσὸν κτήσασθε ἐν αὐτῇ.
51:29	Εὐφρανθείη ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν ἐν τῷ ἐλέει αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ αἰσχυνθείητε ἐν αἰνέσει αὐτοῦ.
51:30	Ἐργάζεσθε τὸ ἔργον ὑμῶν πρὸ καιροῦ, καὶ δώσει τὸν μισθὸν ὑμῶν ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ.