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THE WISDOME OF Iesus the sonne of Sirach, Or Ecclesiasticus. Chapter 28

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Ecclesiasticus Chapter 28 Original 1611 Bible Scan

CHAP. XXVIII.

1 Against reuenge. 8 Quarrelling, 10 Anger, 15 And backbiting.

¹He that reuengeth shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keepe his sinnes (in remembrance.)

²Forgiue thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done vnto thee, so shall thy sinnes also be forgiuen when thou prayest.

³One man beareth hatred against another, and doeth he seeke pardon from the Lord?

⁴Hee sheweth no mercy to a man, which is like himselfe: and doeth hee aske forgiuenesse of his owne sinnes?

⁵If he that is but flesh nourish hatred, who will intreat for pardon of his sinnes?

⁶Remember thy end, and let enimitie cease, [remember] corruption and death, and abide in the Commandements.

⁷Remember the Commaundements, & beare no malice to thy neighbour: [remember] the Couenant of the highest, and winke at ignorance.

⁸Abstaine from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sinnes: for a furious man will kindle strife.⁸

⁹A sinfull man disquieteth friends, and maketh debate among them that be at peace.

¹⁰As the matter of the fire is, so it burneth: and as a mans strength is, so is his wrath, and according to his riches his anger riseth, and the stronger they are which contend, the more they will be inflamed.¹⁰

¹¹An hastie contention kindleth a fire, and an hasty fighting sheddeth blood.

¹²If thou blow the sparke, it shall burne: if thou spit vpon it, it shall bee quenched, and both these come out of thy mouth.

¹³Curse the whisperer, and double tongued: for such haue destroyed many that were at peace.¹³

¹⁴A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driuen them from nation to nation, strong cities hath it pulled down, and ouerthrowen the houses of great men.

¹⁵A backbiting tongue hath cast out vertuous women, and depriued them of their labours.¹⁵

¹⁶Who so hearkeneth vnto it, shall neuer finde rest, and neuer dwel quietly.

¹⁷The stroke of the whip maketh markes in the flesh, but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.

¹⁸Many haue fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as haue fallen by the tongue.

¹⁹Well is hee that is defended from it, and hath not passed through the venime thereof: who hath not drawen the yoke thereof, nor hath bene bound in her bands.

²⁰For the yoke thereof is a yoke of yron, and the bands thereof are bandes of brasse.

²¹The death therof is an euil death, the graue were better then it.

²²It shall not haue rule ouer them that feare God, neither shall they be burnt with the flame thereof.

²³Such as forsake the Lord shall fall into it, and it shall burne in them, and not be quenched, it shalbe sent vpon them as a Lion, and deuoure them as a Leopard.

²⁴Looke that thou hedge thy possession about with thornes, and binde vp thy siluer and gold:

²⁵And weigh thy words in a ballance, and make a doore and barre for thy mouth.

²⁶Beware thou slide not by it, lest thou fall before him that lieth in wait.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Ecclesiasticus Chapter 28

⁸ Chap.8.1.
¹⁰ Prou.26. 21.
¹³ Chap. 21. 28.
¹⁵ Or, third.

* Some content courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania

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