en_KJV1769D - Sir 10 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

² A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

³ Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

⁴ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

⁵ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

⁶ Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

⁷ I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

⁸ He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

⁹ Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

¹⁰ If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

¹¹ Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

¹⁴ A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

¹⁵ The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

¹⁶ Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

¹⁷ Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

¹⁸ By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

¹⁹ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

²⁰ Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

¹ A wise judge will instruct his people; and the government of a prudent man is well ordered.

² As the judge of the people is himself, so are his officers; and what manner of man the ruler of the city is, such are all they that dwell therein.

³ An unwise king destroyeth his people; but through the prudence of them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited.

⁴ The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time he will set over it one that is profitable.

⁵ In the hand of God is the prosperity of man: and upon the person of the scribe shall he lay his honour.

⁶ Bear not hatred to thy neighbour for every wrong; and do nothing at all by injurious practices.

⁷ Pride is hateful before God and man: and by both doth one commit iniquity.

⁸ Because of unrighteous dealings, injuries, and riches got by deceit, the kingdom is translated from one people to another.

⁹ Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels.

¹⁰ The physician cutteth off a long disease; and he that is to day a king to morrow shall die.

¹¹ For when a man is dead, he shall inherit creeping things, beasts, and worms.

¹² The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God, and his heart is turned away from his Maker.

¹³ For pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour out abomination: and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities, and overthrew them utterly.

¹⁴ The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes, and set up the meek in their stead.

¹⁵ The Lord hath plucked up the roots of the proud nations, and planted the lowly in their place.

¹⁶ The Lord overthrew countries of the heathen, and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.

¹⁷ He took some of them away, and destroyed them, and hath made their memorial to cease from the earth.

¹⁸ Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman.

¹⁹ They that fear the Lord are a sure seed, and they that love him an honourable plant: they that regard not the law are a dishonourable seed; they that transgress the commandments are a deceivable seed.

²⁰ Among brethren he that is chief is honorable; so are they that fear the Lord in his eyes.

²¹ The fear of the Lord goeth before the obtaining of authority: but roughness and pride is the losing thereof.

²² Whether he be rich, noble, or poor, their glory is the fear of the Lord.

²³ It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding; neither is it convenient to magnify a sinful man.

²⁴ Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured; yet is there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.

²⁵ Unto the servant that is wise shall they that are free do service: and he that hath knowledge will not grudge when he is reformed.

²⁶ Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in the time of thy distress.

²⁷ Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.

²⁸ My son, glorify thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to the dignity thereof.

²⁹ Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own life?

³⁰ The poor man is honoured for his skill, and the rich man is honoured for his riches.

³¹ He that is honoured in poverty, how much more in riches? and he that is dishonourable in riches, how much more in poverty?