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CHAP. XXII.
1 Of the slouthfull man, 3 and a foolish daughter. 11 Weepe rather for fooles, then for the dead. 13 Meddle not with them. 16 The wise mans heart will not shrinke. 20 What will lose a friend.
1 A slouthful man is compared to a filthy stone, and euery one will hisse him out to his disgrace.
4 A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but shee that liueth dishonestly, is her fathers heauinesse.4
5 Shee that is bold, dishonoureth both her father and her husband, but they both shall despise her.
9 If children liue honestly, and haue wherwithall, they shall couer the basenesse of their parents.9
11 Weepe for the dead, for hee hath lost the light: and weepe for the foole, for he wanteth vnderstanding: make litle weeping for the dead, for hee is at rest: but the life of the foole is worse then death.11
13 Talke not much with a foole, and goe not to him that hath no vnderstanding, beware of him lest thou haue trouble, and thou shalt neuer be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, and neuer bee disquieted with madnesse.13
14 What is heauier then lead? and what is the name thereof, but a foole?
15 Sand, and salt, and a masse of yron is easier to beare then a man without vnderstanding.15
17 A heart setled vpon a thought of vnderstanding, is as a faire plaistering on the wall of a gallerie.17
24 As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire: so reuiling before blood.
25 I will not be ashamed to defend a friend: neither will I hide my selfe from him.
26 And if any euill happen vnto me by him, euery one that heareth it will beware of him.
27 Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seale of wisedome vpon my lippes, that I fall not suddenly by them, & that my tongue destroy me not?27
Ecclesiasticus Chapter 22 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
4 Prou.13. 22. , Or, shalbe the heire of her husband
9 Or an art.
11 Chap.38. 16.
13 Cha.12.12 , Or, when he shakes off his filth. , Or, wearied
15 Pro.27.3.
17 Or, of a polished wall
27 Psal.141. 3.
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