Sirach 19 — WEBU
19Verse 1A worker who is a drunkard will not become rich.He who despises small things will fall little by little.Verse 2Wine and women will make men of understanding go astray.He who joins with prostitutes is reckless.Verse 3Decay and worms will have him as their heritage.A reckless soul will be taken away.Verse 4He who is hasty to trust is shallow-hearted.He who sins offends against his own soul.Verse 5He who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned.+
Verse 6+He who hates gossip has less wickedness.
Verse 7Never repeat what is told you,and you won’t lose anything.Verse 8Whether it is of friend or foe, don’t tell it.Unless it is a sin to you, don’t reveal it.Verse 9For if he has heard you and observed you,when the time comes, he will hate you.Verse 10Have you heard something? Let it die with you.Be brave: it will not make you burst!Verse 11A fool will travail in pain with a word,as a woman in labor with a child.Verse 12As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh,so is gossip in a fool.Verse 13Question a friend; it may be he didn’t do it.If he did something, it may be that he may do it no more.Verse 14Question 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.Verse 15Question a friend; for many times there is slander.Don’t trust every word.Verse 16There is one who slips, and not from the heart.Who is he who hasn’t sinned with his tongue?Verse 17Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him;and give place to the law of the Most High.Verse 18+Verse 20All wisdom is the fear of the Lord.In all wisdom is the doing of the law.Verse 21+Verse 22The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom.The prudence of sinners is not counsel.Verse 23There is a wickedness, and it is an abomination.
There is a fool lacking in wisdom.
Verse 24Better is one who has little understanding, and fears God,than one who has much intelligence and transgresses the law.Verse 25There is an exquisite subtlety, and it is unjust.And there is one who perverts favor to gain a judgment.+Verse 26There is one who does wickedly, who hangs down his head with mourning;but inwardly he is full of deceit,
Verse 27bowing down his face, and pretending to be deaf in one ear.
Where he isn’t known, he will take advantage of you.Verse 28And if for lack of power he is hindered from sinning,if he finds opportunity, he will do mischief.Verse 29A man will be known by his appearance.One who has understanding will be known by his face when you meet him.Verse 30A man’s attire, grinning laughter,and the way he walks show what he is.
Verse 6+He who hates gossip has less wickedness.
Verse 7Never repeat what is told you,and you won’t lose anything.Verse 8Whether it is of friend or foe, don’t tell it.Unless it is a sin to you, don’t reveal it.Verse 9For if he has heard you and observed you,when the time comes, he will hate you.Verse 10Have you heard something? Let it die with you.Be brave: it will not make you burst!Verse 11A fool will travail in pain with a word,as a woman in labor with a child.Verse 12As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh,so is gossip in a fool.Verse 13Question a friend; it may be he didn’t do it.If he did something, it may be that he may do it no more.Verse 14Question 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.Verse 15Question a friend; for many times there is slander.Don’t trust every word.Verse 16There is one who slips, and not from the heart.Who is he who hasn’t sinned with his tongue?Verse 17Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him;and give place to the law of the Most High.Verse 18+Verse 20All wisdom is the fear of the Lord.In all wisdom is the doing of the law.Verse 21+Verse 22The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom.The prudence of sinners is not counsel.Verse 23There is a wickedness, and it is an abomination.
There is a fool lacking in wisdom.
Verse 24Better is one who has little understanding, and fears God,than one who has much intelligence and transgresses the law.Verse 25There is an exquisite subtlety, and it is unjust.And there is one who perverts favor to gain a judgment.+Verse 26There is one who does wickedly, who hangs down his head with mourning;but inwardly he is full of deceit,
Verse 27bowing down his face, and pretending to be deaf in one ear.
Where he isn’t known, he will take advantage of you.Verse 28And if for lack of power he is hindered from sinning,if he finds opportunity, he will do mischief.Verse 29A man will be known by his appearance.One who has understanding will be known by his face when you meet him.Verse 30A man’s attire, grinning laughter,and the way he walks show what he is.