Chapter 19

¹ A laboring man that is given to drunkenness shall not be rich:

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² Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away:

Sir 19:2

³ Moths and worms shall have him to heritage,

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⁴ He that is hasty to give credit is light-minded;

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⁵ Whoso taketh pleasure in wickedness shall be condemned:

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⁶ But he that hateth babbling hath less of evil.

Sir 19:6

⁷ Rehearse not unto another that which is told unto thee,

Sir 19:7

⁸ Whether it be to friend or foe, talk not of other men’s lives;

Sir 19:8

⁹ For he heard and observed thee,

Sir 19:9

¹⁰ If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee;

Sir 19:10

¹¹ A fool travaileth with a word,

Sir 19:11

¹² As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh,

Sir 19:12

¹³ Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it:

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¹⁴ Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it:

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¹⁵ Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander,

Sir 19:15

¹⁶ There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart;

Sir 19:16

¹⁷ Admonish thy neighbor before thou threaten him;

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²⁰ The fear of the Lord is all wisdom;

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²² The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom,

Sir 19:22

²³ There is a wickedness, and the same an abomination;

Sir 19:23

²⁴ He that hath small understanding, and feareth God,

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²⁵ There is an exquisite subtlety, and the same is unjust;

Sir 19:25

²⁶ There is a wicked man that hangeth down his head sadly;

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²⁷ Casting down his countenance, and making as if he heard not:

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²⁸ And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning,

Sir 19:28

²⁹ A man may be known by his look,

Sir 19:29

³⁰ A man’s attire, and excessive laughter,

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