Douay Rheims Bible

Sirach 26

The Book of Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus)

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Chapter 27

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  Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye.  

 

 

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  As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast.  

 

 

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3


 

  Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner.  

 

 

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4


 

  Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown.  

 

 

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5


 

  As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust will remain: so will the perplexity of a man in his thoughts.  

 

 

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6


 

  The furnace trieth the potter's vessels, and the trial of affliction just men.  

 

 

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7


 

  Be the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man.  

 

 

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  Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men.  

 

 

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  If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation.  

 

 

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10


 

  Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her.  

 

 

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11


 

  The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sine for them that work iniquities.  

 

 

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12


 

  A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.  

 

 

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13


 

  In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.  

 

 

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14


 

  The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.  

 

 

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15


 

  The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.  

 

 

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  Is the quarrels of the proud is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.  

 

 

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17


 

  He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.  

 

 

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  Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity.  

 

 

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  But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him.  

 

 

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20


 

  For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so also is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.  

 

 

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21


 

  And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again.  

 

 

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  Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare: because his soul is wounded.  

 

 

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  Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation:  

 

 

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24


 

  But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul.  

 

 

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25


 

  He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off:  

 

 

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26


 

  In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock.  

 

 

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27


 

  I have hated many things, but not like him, and the Lord will hate him.  

 

 

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28


 

  If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful.  

 

 

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29


 

  He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.  

 

 

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30


 

  A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.  

 

 

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31


 

  Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.  

 

 

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32


 

  They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.  

 

 

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33


 

  Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them.  

 

 

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Sirach 28

 

 

 

 

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