THE WISDOME OF Iesus the sonne of Sirach, Or Ecclesiasticus. Chapter 3

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CHAP. III.

3 Children must honour, and helpe both their parents. 21 We may not desire to knowe all things 26 The incorrigible must needes perish. 30 Almes are rewarded.

¹Heare mee your father, O children, and doe thereafter, that ye may be safe.

²For the Lord hath giuen the father honour ouer the children, and hath confirmed the authoritie of the mother ouer the sonnes.²

³Who so honoureth his father, maketh an atonement for his sinnes.

⁴And he that honoureth his mother, is as one that layeth vp treasure.

⁵Who so honoureth his father, shal haue ioy of his owne children, and when he maketh his prayer, hee shall bee heard.

⁶He that honoureth his father, shal haue a long life, and he that is obedient vnto the Lord, shall bee a comfort to his mother.

⁷He that feareth the Lord, will honour his father, and will doe seruice vnto his parents, as to his masters.

⁸Honour thy father and mother, both in word and deed, that a blessing may come vpon thee from them.⁸

⁹For the blessing of the father establisheth the houses of children, but the curse of the mother rooteth out foundations.⁹

¹⁰Glory not in the dishonour of thy father, for thy fathers dishonour is no glory vnto thee.

¹¹For the glory of a man, is from the honour of his father, and a mother in dishonour, is a reproch to the children.

¹²My sonne, helpe thy father in his age, and grieue him not as long as hee liueth.

¹³And if his vnderstanding faile, haue patience with him, and despise him not, when thou art in thy ful strength.¹³

¹⁴For the relieuing of thy father shall not be forgotten: and in stead of sinnes it shall be added to build thee vp.

¹⁵In the day of thine affliction it shall be remembred, thy sinnes also shal melt away, as the yce in þ^e faire warme weather.

¹⁶He that forsaketh his father, is as a blasphemer, and he that angreth his mother, is cursed of God.

¹⁷My sonne, goe on with thy businesse in meekenesse, so shalt thou be beloued of him that is approued.

¹⁸The greater thou art, the more humble thy selfe, and thou shalt find fauour before the Lord.¹⁸

¹⁹Many are in high place and of renowne: but mysteries are reueiled vnto the meeke.¹⁹

²⁰For the power of the Lord is great, and hee is honoured of the lowly.

²¹Seeke not out the things that are too hard for thee, neither search the things that are aboue thy strength.²¹

²²But what is commaunded thee, thinke thereupon with reuerence, for it is not needfull for thee, to see with thine eyes, the things that are in secret.

²³Be not curious in vnnecessarie matters: for moe things are shewed vnto thee, then men vnderstand.

²⁴For many are deceiued by their owne vaine opinion, and an euill suspition hath ouerthrowen their iudgement.

²⁵Without eyes thou shalt want light: professe not the knowledge therfore that thou hast not.

²⁶A stubborne heart shall fare euill at the last, and he that loueth danger shall perish therein.

²⁷An obstinate heart shall be laden with sorrowes, and the wicked man shall heape sinne vpon sinne.

²⁸In the punishment of the proud there is no remedie: for the plant of wickednesse hath taken roote in him.²⁸

²⁹The heart of the prudent will vnderstand a parable, and an attentiue eare is the desire of a wise man.

³⁰Water will quench a flaming fire, and almes maketh an attonement for sinnes.³⁰

³¹And hee that requiteth good turnes, is mindfull of that which may come heereafter: and when he falleth he shall find a stay.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Ecclesiasticus Chapter 3

² Exo.20.6. deut. 5. 10. , Or, iudgement.
⁸ Exod.20. 12. deut. 5. 10.
⁹ Gene.27. 27. deu.33. 1.
¹³ Or, in all thine habilitie.
¹⁸ Phil.2.3.
¹⁹ Psal.25. 9,14.
²¹ Prou.25. 27. rom.12. 3.
²⁸ Or, the proud man is not healed by his punishment.
³⁰ Psal.40.2. dan.4.24. matth.5. 7.

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