Sir 7:23 Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth.

Sir 7:24 Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thyself cheerful toward them.

Sir 7:25 Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.

Sir 7:26 Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.

Sir 7:27 Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.

Sir 7:28 Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?

Sir 7:29 Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests.

Sir 7:30 Love him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not his ministers.

Sir 7:31 Fear the Lord, and honor the priest; and give him his portion, as it is commanded thee; the firstfruits, and the trespa.s.s offering, and the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things.

Sir 7:32 And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.

Sir 7:33 A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.

Sir 7:34 Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn.

Sir 7:35 Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.

Sir 7:36 Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.

Sir 8:1 Strive not with a mighty man' lest thou fall into his hands.

Sir 8:2 Be not at variance with a rich man, lest he overweigh thee: for gold hath destroyed many, and perverted the hearts of kings.

Sir 8:3 Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.

Sir 8:4 Jest not with a rude man, lest thy ancestors be disgraced.

Sir 8:5 Reproach not a man that turneth from sin, but remember that we are all worthy of punishment.

Sir 8:6 Dishonour not a man in his old age: for even some of us wax old.

Sir 8:7 Rejoice not over thy greatest enemy being dead, but remember that we die all.

Sir 8:8 Despise not the discourse of the wise, but acquaint thyself with their proverbs: for of them thou shalt learn instruction, and how to serve great men with ease.

Sir 8:9 Miss not the discourse of the elders: for they also learned of their fathers, and of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give answer as need requireth.

Sir 8:10 Kindle not the coals of a sinner, lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire.

Sir 8:11 Rise not up [in anger] at the presence of an injurious person, lest he lie in wait to entrap thee in thy words

Sir 8:12 Lend not unto him that is mightier than thyself; for if thou lendest him, count it but lost.

Sir 8:13 Be not surety above thy power: for if thou be surety, take care to pay it.

Sir 8:14 Go not to law with a judge; for they will judge for him according to his honour.

Sir 8:15 Travel not by the way with a bold fellow, lest he become grievous unto thee: for he will do according to his own will, and thou shalt perish with him through his folly.

Sir 8:16 Strive not with an angry man, and go not with him into a solitary place: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help, he will overthrow thee.

Sir 8:17 Consult not with a fool; for he cannot keep counsel.

Sir 8:18 Do no secret thing before a stranger; for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.

Sir 8:19 Open not thine heart to every man, lest he requite thee with a shrewd turn.

Sir 9:1 Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.

Sir 9:2 Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance.

Sir 9:3 Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.

Sir 9:4 Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts.

Sir 9:5 Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.

Sir 9:6 Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance.

Sir 9:7 Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof.

Sir 9:8 Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.

Sir 9:9 Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor sit down with her in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine; lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction.

Sir 9:10 Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.

Sir 9:11 Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.

Sir 9:12 Delight not in the thing that the unG.o.dly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.

Sir 9:13 Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.

Sir 9:14 As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult with the wise.

Sir 9:15 Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High.

Sir 9:16 And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.

Sir 9:17 For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.