English Bible
Sirach 14
Big screen- 1Blessed is the man that has not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins.
- 2Blessed is he whose conscience has not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.
- 3Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money?
- 4He that gathers by defrauding his own soul gathers for others, that shall spend his goods riotously.
- 5He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
- 6There is none worse than he that envies himself; and this is a recompence of his wickedness.
- 7And if he does good, he does it unwillingly; and at the last he will declare his wickedness.
- 8The envious man has a wicked eye; he turns away his face, and despises men.
- 9A covetous man's eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked dries up his soul.
- 10A wicked eye envies his bread, and he is a niggard at his table.
- 11My son, according to your ability do good to yourself, and give the Lord his due offering.
- 12Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the covenant of the grave is not showed to you.
- 13Do good to your friend before you die, and according to your ability stretch out your hand and give to him.
- 14Defraud not yourself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass you.
- 15Shall you not leave your travails to another? and your labors to be divided by lot?
- 16Give, and take, and sanctify your soul; for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave.
- 17All flesh waxes old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is, You shall die the death.
- 18As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one comes to an end, and another is born.
- 19Every work rots and consumes away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.
- 20Blessed is the man that does meditate good things in wisdom, and that reasons of holy things by his understanding.
- 21He that considers her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets.
- 22Go after her as one that traces, and lie in wait in her ways.
- 23He that pries in at her windows shall also listen at her doors.
- 24He that does lodge near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls.
- 25He shall pitch his tent near to her, and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are.
- 26He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches.
- 27By her he shall be covered from heat, and in her glory shall he dwell.