Sirach 19 — RVA

19Verse 1A workman that is a drunkard shall not become rich:
He that despiseth small things shall fall by little and little.
^{Verse 2}Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away:
And he that cleaveth to harlots will be the more reckless.
^{Verse 3}Moths and worms shall have him to heritage;
And a reckless soul shall be taken away.^{Verse 4}He that is hasty to trust is light-minded;
And he that sinneth shall offend against his own soul.
^{Verse 5}He that maketh merry in his heart shall be condemned:^{+
Verse 6+}And he that hateth talk hath the less wickedness.
^{Verse 7}Never repeat what is told thee,
And thou shalt fare never the worse.
^{Verse 8}Whether it be of friend or foe, tell it not;
And unless it is a sin to thee, reveal it not.
^{Verse 9}For he hath heard thee, and observed thee,
And when the time cometh he will hate thee.
^{Verse 10}Hast thou heard a word? let it die with thee:
Be of good courage, it will not burst thee.
^{Verse 11}A fool will travail in pain with a word,
As a woman in labour with a child.
^{Verse 12}As an arrow that sticketh in the⁺flesh of the thigh,
So is a word in a fool’s belly.^{Verse 13}Reprove a friend; it may be he did it not:
And if he did something, that he may do it no more.
^{Verse 14}Reprove thy neighbour; it may be he said it not:
And if he hath said it, that he may not say it again.
^{Verse 15}Reprove a friend; for many times there is slander:
And trust not every word.
^{Verse 16}There is one that slippeth, and not from the heart:
And who is he that hath not sinned with his tongue?
^{Verse 17}Reprove thy neighbour before thou threaten him;
And give place to the law of the Most High.^{Verse 18
+Verse 20}All wisdom is the fear of the Lord;
And in all wisdom is the doing of the law.^{Verse 21
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Verse 22}And the knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom;
And the prudence of sinners is not counsel.
^{Verse 23}There is a wickedness, and the same is abomination;
And there is a fool wanting in wisdom.
^{Verse 24}Better is one that hath small understanding, and feareth,
Than one that hath much prudence, and transgresseth the law.
^{Verse 25}There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust;
And there is one that perverteth favour⁺to gain a judgement.^{+
Verse 26}There is one that doeth wickedly, that hangeth down his head with mourning;
But inwardly he is full of deceit,
^{Verse 27}Bowing down his face, and making as if he were deaf of one ear:
Where he is not known, he will be beforehand with thee.
^{Verse 28}And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning,
If he find opportunity, he will do mischief.
^{Verse 29}A man shall be known by his look,
And one that hath understanding shall be known by his face, when thou meetest him.
^{Verse 30}A man’s attire, and⁺grinning laughter,
And gait, shew what he is.