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Ecclus. 8:18 Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he burden thee with his evils: for he goeth according to his own will, and thou shalt perish together with his folly.
Ecclus. 9:11 Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.
Ecclus. 9:14 Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.
Ecclus. 9:18 Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill, so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death.
Ecclus. 10:1 A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.
Ecclus. 10:2 As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.
Ecclus. 10:9 But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth, and ashes proud?
Ecclus. 10:10 There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels.
Ecclus. 10:14 The beginning of the pride of man, is to fall off from God:
Ecclus. 10:15 Because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin: he that holdeth it, shall be filled with maledictions, and it shall ruin him in the end.
Ecclus. 10:31 My son, keep thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to its desert.
Ecclus. 11:2 Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look.
Ecclus. 11:14 Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God.
Ecclus. 11:23 For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich.
Ecclus. 11:29 The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works.
Ecclus. 11:30 Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children.
Ecclus. 12:3 For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent.
Ecclus. 12:4 Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance.
Ecclus. 12:5 Give to the good, and receive not a sinner.
Ecclus. 12:16 An enemy weepeth with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood:
Ecclus. 13:2 He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself.
Ecclus. 13:19 Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.
Ecclus. 14:5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
Ecclus. 15:5 And in the midst of the church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory.
Ecclus. 15:9 Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner:
Ecclus. 15:14 God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel.
Ecclus. 15:18 Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall choose shall be given him:
Ecclus. 15:21 He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, and he hath given no man license to sin;
Ecclus. 17:1 God created man of the earth, and made him after his own image.
Ecclus. 17:5 He created of him a helpmate like to himself, he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding.
Ecclus. 17:7 He set his eye upon their hearts to shew them the greatness of his works:
Ecclus. 17:9 Moreover he gave them instructions, and the law of life for an inheritance.
Ecclus. 17:12 And he gave to every one of them commandment concerning his neighbour.
Ecclus. 17:14 Over every nation he set a ruler.
Ecclus. 17:18 The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye:
Ecclus. 18:1 He that liveth for ever created all things together. God only shall be justified, and he remaineth an invincible king for ever.
Ecclus. 18:23 Before prayer prepare thy soul: and be not as a man that tempteth God.
Ecclus. 19:1 A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.
Ecclus. 19:4 He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised.
Ecclus. 19:23 And there is one that uttereth an exact word telling the truth. There is one that humbleth himself wickedly, and his interior is full of deceit:
Ecclus. 19:26 A man is known by his look, and a wise man, when thou meetest him, is known by his countenance.
Ecclus. 19:27 The attire of the body, and the laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shew what he is.
Ecclus. 20:6 There is one that holdeth his peace, because he knoweth not what to say: and there is another that holdeth his peace, knowing the proper time.
Ecclus. 20:7 A wise man will hold his peace till he see opportunity: but a babbler, and a fool, will regard no time.
Ecclus. 20:15 He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire.
Ecclus. 20:32 O Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is not seen: what profit is there in them both?
Ecclus. 21:2 Flee from sins as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest near them, they will take hold of thee.
Ecclus. 21:30 While the ungodly curseth the devil, he curseth his own soul. by sin he takes part with the devil, and is, as it were, his member and subject.
Ecclus. 23:9 Let not thy mouth be accustomed to swearing: for in it there are many falls.
Ecclus. 23:12 A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house.

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