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CHAP. VI.
2 Doe not extoll thy owne conceit, 7 But make choise of a friend. 18 Seeke wisedome betimes: 20 It is grieuous to some, 28 yet the fruits thereof are pleasant. 35 Be ready to heare wise men.
3Thou shalt eat vp thy leaues, and loose thy fruit, and leaue thy selfe as a dry tree.
5Sweet language will multiply friends: and a faire speaking tongue will increase kinde greetings.5
6Be in peace with many: neuerthelesse haue but one counseller of a thousand.
7If thou wouldst get a friend, proue him first, and be not hasty to credit him.7
8For some man is a friend for his owne occasion, and will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
9And there is a friend, who being turned to enmitie, and strife, will discouer thy reproch.
10Againe some friend is a companion at the table, and will not continue in the day of thy affliction.10
11But in thy prosperitie hee will be as thy selfe, and will be bould ouer thy seruants.
12If thou be brought low, he will be against thee, and will hide himselfe from thy face.
13Separate thy selfe from thine enemies, and take heed of thy friends.
14A faithfull friend is a strong defence: and hee that hath found such an one, hath found a treasure.
15Nothing doeth counteruaile a faithful friend, and his excellencie is vnualuable.
16A faithfull friend is the medicine of life, and they that feare the Lord shal finde him.
18My sonne, gather instruction from thy youth vp: so shalt thou finde wisedome till thine old age.
20She is very vnpleasant to the vnlearned: he that is without vnderstanding, will not remaine with her.20
21She wil lye vpon him as a mightie stone of triall, and hee will cast her from him ere it be long.21
22For wisedome is according to her name, and she is not manifest vnto many.
23Giue eare, my sonne, receiue my aduice, and refuse not my counsell,
24And put thy feet into her fetters, and thy necke into her chaine.24
25Bow downe thy shoulder, and beare her, and be not grieued with her bonds.25
26Come vnto her with thy whole heart, and keepe her wayes with all thy power.
28For at the last thou shalt finde her rest, and that shalbe turned to thy ioy.
29Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee, and her chaines a robe of glory.
30For there is a golden ornament vpon her, and her bandes are purple lace.30
31Thou shalt put her on as a robe of honour: and shalt put her about thee as a crowne of ioy.
34Stand in the multitude of the elders, and cleaue vnto him that is wise.34
35Be willing to heare euery godly discourse, and let not the parables of vnderstanding escape thee.
37Let thy minde be vpon the ordinances of the Lord, & meditate continually in his commandements: he shal establish thine heart, and giue thee wisedome at thine owne desire.37
Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Ecclesiasticus Chapter 6
5 Greeke, a sweet throat.
7 Or, get him in the time of trouble.
10 Cha.37.5.
20 Or, heart.
21 Zech.12.4.
24 Or, coller.
25 Mat.11. 29.
30 Or, a ribband of blew silke, Numb. 15.38.
34 Ecclus.8.9
37 Psal.1.2.
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