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CHAP. XLI.
1 The remembrance of Death. 3 Death is not to be feared. 5 The vngodly shall be accursed. 11 Of an euill and a good name. 14 Wisedome is to be vttered. 16 Of what things we should be ashamed.
2 O death, acceptable is thy sentence vnto the needy, and vnto him whose strength faileth, that is now in the last age, and is vexed with all things, and to him that despaireth and hath lost patience.2
6 The inheritance of sinners children shal perish, and their posterity shal haue a perpetuall reproch.
7 The children will complaine of an vngodly father, because they shall be reproched for his sake.
9 And if you be borne, you shall be borne to a curse: and if you die, a curse shall be your portion.
10 All that are of the earth shall turne to earth againe: so the vngodly shall goe from a curse to destruction.10
11 The mourning of men is about their bodies: but an ill name of sinners shall be blotted out.
12 Haue regard to thy name: for that shall continue with thee aboue a thousand great treasures of gold.
13 A good life hath but few daies: but a good name endureth for euer.
15 A man that hideth his foolishnesse is better then a man that hideth his wisedome.
17 Be ashamed of whoredome before father and mother, and of a lie before a prince and a mighty man:
20 And of silence before them that salute thee, and to look vpon an harlot:
23 Or of iterating and speaking againe that which thou hast heard, and of reuealing of secrets.
24 So shalt thou be truely shamefast, and finde fauour before all men.
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Ecclesiasticus Chapter 41 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
2 Or, to whom euery thing is troublesome.
10 Chap. 40. 11.
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