Sirach 19 — WBMSE
19Verse 1A drunken workman shall not be made rich; and he that chargeth not little sins[or despiseth little things], falleth down into grievouser sins, little and little.Verse 2Wine and women make to be apostates, yea, wise men, [or Wine and women make also wise men to go backward]; and they reprove witty, (or witting, or knowing) men. And he that joineth himself to whores, shall be wicked;Verse 3rot and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be set on high into more ensample, and his soul shall be taken away from (the) number of chosen men.Verse 4He that believeth soon, is un-stable [or light] in heart, and shall be made less; and he that trespasseth against his (own) soul, shall be had furthermore.Verse 5He that joyeth in wickedness, shall be cursed; and he that hateth blaming [or correction], shall be made less in life;Verse 6and he that hateth jangling [or much speech], quencheth malice. He that sinneth against his (own) soul, shall [not] repent [or do penance]; and that is merry in malice, shall be cursed [or reproved].Verse 7Rehearse thou (or Repeat) not an hard word, and wicked; and thou shalt not be made less.Verse 8Do not thou tell thy wit to friend and (or) to (an) enemy; and if trespass is to thee, do not thou make (it) naked.Verse 9For he shall hear thee, and shall keep thee, and he as defending the sin shall hate thee; and so he shall be ever(more) with thee.Verse 10Thou hast heard a word against thy neighbour; die it (al)together in (or with) thee, and trust thou that it shall not break thee.Verse 11A fool travaileth greatly of (or in) the face of a word, as the sorrow of (the) bearing of a young child [or (the) wailing of the birth of a child].Verse 12An arrow fastened [or fixed] in the hip of a dog, so a word in the heart of a fool.Verse 13Reprove thou [or Chastise] a friend, lest peradventure he understand not, and say, I did (it) not; either if he hath done (it), lest he add to do (it) again.Verse 14Reprove thou [or Chastise] a neigh-bour, lest peradventure he say (it) not; and if he saith [or said](it), lest per-adventure he rehearse (or repeat it).Verse 15Reprove thou [or Chastise] a friend, for why trespassing is done often; and believe thou not to each word.Verse 16There is a man that falleth [or that slideth] by his tongue, but not of will, that is, wittingly and of (or on) purpose. For why who is he, that trespasseth not in (or with) his tongue?Verse 17Reprove thou [or Chastise] a neighbour, betwixt thee and him, before that thou menace [or threaten](him); and give thou place to the dread of the Highest.Verse 18(This verse is omitted in the original text.)Verse 19(This verse is omitted in the original text.)Verse 20For why all wisdom is the dread of God, and in that wisdom for to dread God; and the ordinance [or the disposing] of (the) law is in all wisdom.Verse 21(This verse is omitted in the original text.)Verse 22And the teaching of wickedness is not wisdom; and the prudence of sins is not good thought. [And wisdom is not the discipline of shrewdness (or depravity); and good thinking is not the prudence of sins.]Verse 23There is wickedness of prudence, and cursedness is therein; and there is an unwise man, which is made little in wisdom. [There is shrewdness (or depravity) of prudence, and in it cursing; and there is an unwise man, that is less(en)ed in wisdom.]Verse 24Better is a man that hath little wisdom, and failing in wit, in the dread of God, than he that hath plenty of [or aboundeth in] wit, and breaketh the law of the Highest.Verse 25There is (a) certain subtlety [or slyness], and it is wicked. And there is a man, that sendeth out a certain word, telling out (the) truth.Verse 26There is a man that meeketh himself wickedly to deceive men the more; and his inner things be full of guile. [There is, that shrewdly meeketh himself; and the entrails of him be full of treachery.]Verse 27And there is a just [or rightwise] man, that maketh low greatly [or under-putteth] himself of (or by) much meek-ness; and there is a just [or rightwise] man, that boweth the face, and feign-eth him(self) to see not that, that is unknown.Verse 28(Even) Though [or And if] he is forbidden of (or by the) feebleness [or infirmity] of strengths to do sin; if he findeth (the) time to do evil, he shall do evil.Verse 29A man is known by (his) sight (or by his appearance); and a witty, (or a witting, or a knowing) man is known by meeting of face.Verse 30The clothing of (the) body, and the laughing of teeth, and the enter-ing [or the going in] of a man, tell out of him.