Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Part 101

Sir 39:31 They shall rejoice in his commandment, and they shall be ready upon earth, when need is; and when their time is come, they shall not transgress his word.

Sir 39:32 Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and thought upon these things, and have left them in writing.

Sir 39:33 All the works of the Lord are good: and he will give every needful thing in due season.

Sir 39:34 So that a man cannot say, This is worse than that: for in time they shall all be well approved.

Sir 39:35 And therefore praise ye the Lord with the whole heart and mouth, and bless the name of the Lord.

Sir 40:1 Great travail is created for every man, and an heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day that they go out of their mother's womb, till the day that they return to the mother of all things.

Sir 40:2 Their imagination of things to come, and the day of death, [trouble] their thoughts, and [cause] fear of heart;

Sir 40:3 From him that sitteth on a throne of glory, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes;

Sir 40:4 From him that weareth purple and a crown, unto him that is clothed with a linen frock.

Sir 40:5 Wrath, and envy, trouble, and unquietness, fear of death, and anger, and strife, and in the time of rest upon his bed his night sleep, do change his knowledge.

Sir 40:6 A little or nothing is his rest, and afterward he is in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch, troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he were escaped out of a battle.

Sir 40:7 When all is safe, he awaketh, and marvelleth that the fear was nothing.

Sir 40:8 [Such things happen] unto all flesh, both man and beast, and that is sevenfold more upon sinners.

Sir 40:9 Death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, calamities, famine, tribulation, and the scourge;

Sir 40:10 These things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood.

Sir 40:11 All things that are of the earth shall turn to the earth again: and that which is of the waters doth return into the sea.

Sir 40:12 All bribery and injustice shall be blotted out: but true dealing shall endure for ever.

Sir 40:13 The goods of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall vanish with noise, like a great thunder in rain.

Sir 40:14 While he openeth his hand he shall rejoice: so shall transgressors come to nought.

Sir 40:15 The children of the unG.o.dly shall not bring forth many branches: but are as unclean roots upon a hard rock.

Sir 40:16 The weed growing upon every water and bank of a river shall be pulled up before all gra.s.s.

Sir 40:17 Bountifulness is as a most fruitful garden, and mercifulness endureth for ever.

Sir 40:18 To labour, and to be content with that a man hath, is a sweet life: but he that findeth a treasure is above them both.

Sir 40:19 Children and the building of a city continue a man's name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both.

Sir 40:20 Wine and musick rejoice the heart: but the love of wisdom is above them both.

Sir 40:21 The pipe and the psaltery make sweet melody: but a pleasant tongue is above them both.

Sir 40:22 Thine eye desireth favour and beauty: but more than both corn while it is green.

Sir 40:23 A friend and companion never meet amiss: but above both is a wife with her husband.

Sir 40:24 Brethren and help are against time of trouble: but alms shall deliver more than them both.

Sir 40:25 Gold and silver make the foot stand sure: but counsel is esteemed above them both.

Sir 40:26 Riches and strength lift up the heart: but the fear of the Lord is above them both: there is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek help.

Sir 40:27 The fear of the Lord is a fruitful garden, and covereth him above all glory.

Sir 40:28 My son, lead not a beggar's life; for better it is to die than to beg.

Sir 40:29 The life of him that dependeth on another man's table is not to be counted for a life; for he polluteth himself with other men's meat: but a wise man well nurtured will beware thereof.

Sir 40:30 Begging is sweet in the mouth of the shameless: but in his belly there shall burn a fire.

Sir 41:1 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, unto the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things: yea, unto him that is yet able to receive meat!

Sir 41:2 O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy, and unto him whose strength faileth, that is now in the last age, and is vexed with all things, and to him that despaireth, and hath lost patience!

Sir 41:3 Fear not the sentence of death, remember them that have been before thee, and that come after; for this is the sentence of the Lord over all flesh.

Sir 41:4 And why art thou against the pleasure of the most High? there is no inquisition in the grave, whether thou have lived ten, or an hundred, or a thousand years.

Sir 41:5 The children of sinners are abominable children, and they that are conversant in the dwelling of the unG.o.dly.

Sir 41:6 The inheritance of sinners' children shall perish, and their posterity shall have a perpetual reproach.

Sir 41:7 The children will complain of an unG.o.dly father, because they shall be reproached for his sake.

Sir 41:8 Woe be unto you, unG.o.dly men, which have forsaken the law of the most high G.o.d! for if ye increase, it shall be to your destruction:

Sir 41:9 And if ye be born, ye shall be born to a curse: and if ye die, a curse shall be your portion.

Sir 41:10 All that are of the earth shall turn to earth again: so the unG.o.dly shall go from a curse to destruction.

Sir 41:11 The mourning of men is about their bodies: but an ill name of sinners shall be blotted out.

Sir 41:12 Have regard to thy name; for that shall continue with thee above a thousand great treasures of gold.

Sir 41:13 A good life hath but few days: but a good name endureth for ever.

Sir 41:14 My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is in them both?

Sir 41:15 A man that hideth his foolishness is better than a man that hideth his wisdom.