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Sirach 41 : 1 - 28
Chapter 41
| 1 | The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.
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| 2 | 11 Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
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| 3 | 12 And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
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| 4 | 13 All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
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| 5 | 14 The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
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| 6 | 15 Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
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| 7 | 16 A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
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| 8 | 17 My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
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| 9 | 18 Better is the man that hideth his folly, then the man that hideth his wisdom.
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| 10 | 19 Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
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| 11 | 20 For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
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| 12 | 21 Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
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| 13 | 22 Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
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| 14 | 23 Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
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| 15 | 24 Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:
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| 16 | 25 Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
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| 17 | 26 Turn not sway thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
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| 18 | 27 Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
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| 19 | 28 Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.
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| 20 | For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
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| 21 | Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
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| 22 | Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
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| 23 | Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
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| 24 | Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:
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| 25 | Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
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| 26 | Turn not sway thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
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| 27 | Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
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| 28 | Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.
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