Chapter 22

¹ A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone,

Sir 22:1

² A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill:

Sir 22:2

³ An evil-nurtured son is the dishonor of his father that begot him:

Sir 22:3

⁴ A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband:

Sir 22:4

⁵ She that is bold dishonoreth both her father and her husband,

Sir 22:5

⁶ A tale out of season [is as] music in mourning:

Sir 22:6

⁹ Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together,

Sir 22:9

¹⁰ He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber:

Sir 22:10

¹¹ Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light:

Sir 22:11

¹² Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead;

Sir 22:12

¹³ Talk not much with a fool,

Sir 22:13

¹⁴ What is heavier than lead?

Sir 22:14

¹⁵ Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, are easier to bear,

Sir 22:15

¹⁶ As timber girded and bound together in a building cannot be loosed with shaking:

Sir 22:16

¹⁷ A heart settled upon a thought of understanding

Sir 22:17

¹⁸ Pales set on a high place will never stand against the wind:

Sir 22:18

¹⁹ He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall:

Sir 22:19

²⁰ Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away:

Sir 22:20

²¹ Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not:

Sir 22:21

²² If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend, fear not;

Sir 22:22

²³ Be faithful to thy neighbor in his poverty,

Sir 22:23

²⁴ As the vapor and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire;

Sir 22:24

²⁵ I will not be ashamed to defend a friend;

Sir 22:25

²⁶ And if any evil happen unto me by him,

Sir 22:26

²⁷ Who shall set a watch before my mouth,

Sir 22:27