Sirach 10 — RVA

10Verse 1A wise judge will instruct his people;
And the government of a man of understanding shall be well ordered.
^{Verse 2}As is the judge of his people, so are his ministers;
And as is the ruler of the city, such are all they that dwell therein.
^{Verse 3}An uninstructed king will destroy his people;
And a city will be established through the understanding of the powerful.
^{Verse 4}In the hand of the Lord is the authority of the earth;
And in due time he will raise up over it one that is profitable.
^{Verse 5}In the hand of the Lord is the prosperity of a man;
And upon the person of the scribe shall he lay his honour.^{Verse 6}Be not wroth with thy neighbour for every wrong;
And do nothing by works of violence.
^{Verse 7}Pride is hateful before the Lord and before men;
And in the judgement of both will unrighteousness err.
^{Verse 8}Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation,
Because of iniquities, and deeds of violence, and greed of money.
^{Verse 9+}Why is earth and ashes proud?⁺
Because in his life he hath cast away his bowels.
^{Verse 10}It is a long disease; the physician mocketh:
And he is a king to-day, and to-morrow he shall die.
^{Verse 11}For when a man is dead,
He shall inherit creeping things, and beasts, and worms.
^{Verse 12}It is the beginning of pride when a man departeth from the Lord;
And his heart is departed from him that made him.
^{Verse 13}For the beginning of pride is sin;
And he that keepeth it will pour forth abomination.
For this cause the Lord brought upon them strange calamities,
And overthrew them utterly.
^{Verse 14}The Lord cast down the thrones of rulers,
And set the meek in their stead.
^{Verse 15}The Lord plucked up the roots of nations,
And planted the lowly in their stead.
^{Verse 16}The Lord overthrew the lands of nations,
And destroyed them unto the foundations of the earth.
^{Verse 17}He took some of them away, and destroyed them,
And made their memorial to cease from the earth.
^{Verse 18}Pride hath not been created for men,
Nor wrathful anger for the offspring of women.^{Verse 19+}What manner of seed hath honour? the seed of man.
What manner of seed hath honour? they that fear the Lord.
What manner of seed hath no honour? the seed of man.
What manner of seed hath no honour? they that transgress the commandments.
^{Verse 20}In the midst of brethren he that ruleth them hath honour;
And in the eyes of the Lord they that fear him.^{Verse 21
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Verse 22}The rich man, and the honourable, and the poor,
Their glorying is the fear of the Lord.
^{Verse 23}It is not right to dishonour a poor man that hath understanding;
And it is not fitting to glorify a man that is a sinner.
^{Verse 24}The great man, and the judge, and the mighty man, shall be glorified;
And there is not one of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.
^{Verse 25}Free men shall minister unto a wise servant;
And a man that hath knowledge will not murmur thereat.^{Verse 26}Be not over wise in doing thy work;
And glorify not thyself in the time of thy distress.
^{Verse 27+}Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things,
Than he that glorifieth himself, and lacketh bread.
^{Verse 28}My son, glorify thy soul in meekness,
And give it honour according to the worthiness thereof.
^{Verse 29}Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul?
And who will glorify him that dishonoureth his own life?^{Verse 30}A poor man is glorified for his knowledge;
And a rich man is glorified for his riches.
^{Verse 31}But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in riches?
And he that is inglorious in riches, how much more in poverty?