en_RV1895 - Sir 42 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ [1]Of these things be not ashamed, And [2]accept no man's person to sin thereby:

² Of the law of the Most High, [3]and his covenant; And of judgement to do justice to the ungodly;

³ Of reckoning with a partner and with travellers; And of a gift from the heritage of friends;

⁴ [4]Of exactness of balance and weights; And of getting much or little;

⁵ Of indifferent selling of merchants; And [5]of much correction of children; And [6]of making the side of an evil servant to bleed.

⁶ [7]Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is; And where many hands are, shut thou close.

⁷ Whatsoever thou handest over, let it be by number and weight; [8]And in giving and receiving let all be in writing.

⁸ Be not ashamed to instruct the unwise and foolish, [9]And one of extreme old age that contendeth with those that are young; And so shalt thou be well instructed indeed, And approved in the sight of every man living.

⁹ [10]A DAUGHTER is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father; And the care for her putteth away sleep; In her youth, [11]lest she pass the flower of her age; And when she is married, lest she should be hated:

¹⁰ [12]In her virginity, lest she should be defiled And be with child in her father's house; And when she hath a husband, lest she should transgress; And when she is married, lest she should be barren.

¹¹ [13]Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter, Lest she make thee [14]a laughingstock to thine enemies, A byword in the city and [15]notorious among the people, And shame thee before the multitude.

¹² [16]LOOK not upon every body in regard of beauty, And sit not in the midst of women;

¹³ For from garments cometh a moth, And from a woman [17]a woman's wickedness.

¹⁴ Better is the wickedness of a man than [18]a pleasant-dealing woman, And a woman which putteth thee to shameful reproach.

¹⁵ I will make mention now of the works of the Lord, And will declare the things that I have seen: [19]In the words of the Lord are his works.

¹⁶ The sun that giveth light looketh upon all things; And the work of the Lord is full of his glory.

¹⁷ [20]The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works; Which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, That whatsoever is might be established in his glory.

¹⁸ [21]He searcheth out the deep, and the heart, And he hath understanding of their cunning devices: For the Most High knoweth all knowledge, And he looketh into [22]the [23]signs of the world,

¹⁹ [24]Declaring the things that are past, and the things that shall be, And revealing the traces of hidden things.

²⁰ [25]No thought escapeth him; [26]There is not a word hid from him.

²¹ [27]The mighty works of his wisdom he hath ordered, Who is from everlasting to everlasting: [28]Nothing hath been added unto them, nor diminished from them; And [29]he had no need of any counsellor.

²² [30]How desirable are all his works! One may behold this even unto a spark.

²³ All these things live and remain for ever in all manner of uses, And [31]they are all obedient.

²⁴ [32]All things are double one against another: And he hath made nothing imperfect.

²⁵ One thing establisheth the good things of another: And who shall be filled with beholding his glory?