Sir 10:1 A wise judge will instruct his people;
and the government of a prudent man is well ordered.
Sir 10:2 As the judge of the people is himself, so are his officers; and
what manner of man the ruler of the city is, such are all they that dwell
therein.
Sir 10:3 An unwise king destroyeth his people; but through the prudence of
them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited.
Sir 10:4 The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time
he will set over it one that is profitable.
Sir 10:5 In the hand of God is the prosperity of man: and upon the person of
the scribe shall he lay his honour.
Sir 10:6 Bear not hatred to thy neighbour for every wrong; and do nothing at
all by injurious practices.
Sir 10:7 Pride is hateful before God and man: and by both doth one commit
iniquity.
Sir 10:8 Because of unrighteous dealings, injuries, and riches got by
deceit, the kingdom is translated from one people to another.
Sir 10:9 Why is earth and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than
a covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while
he liveth he casteth away his bowels.
Sir 10:10 The physician cutteth off a long disease; and he that is to day a
king to morrow shall die.
Sir 10:11 For when a man is dead, he shall inherit creeping things, beasts,
and worms.
Sir 10:12 The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God, and his
heart is turned away from his Maker.
Sir 10:13 For pride is the beginning of sin, and he that hath it shall pour
out abomination: and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange
calamities, and overthrew them utterly.
Sir 10:14 The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes, and set up
the meek in their stead.
Sir 10:15 The Lord hath plucked up the roots of the proud nations, and
planted the lowly in their place.
Sir 10:16 The Lord overthrew countries of the heathen, and destroyed them to
the foundations of the earth.
Sir 10:17 He took some of them away, and destroyed them, and hath made their
memorial to cease from the earth.
Sir 10:18 Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are
born of a woman.
Sir 10:19 They that fear the Lord are a sure seed, and they that love him an
honourable plant: they that regard not the law are a dishonourable seed;
they that transgress the commandments are a deceivable seed.
Sir 10:20 Among brethren he that is chief is honorable; so are they that
fear the Lord in his eyes.
Sir 10:21 The fear of the Lord goeth before the obtaining of authority: but
roughness and pride is the losing thereof.
Sir 10:22 Whether he be rich, noble, or poor, their glory is the fear of the
Lord.
Sir 10:23 It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding;
neither is it convenient to magnify a sinful man.
Sir 10:24 Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured; yet is
there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.
Sir 10:25 Unto the servant that is wise shall they that are free do service:
and he that hath knowledge will not grudge when he is reformed.
Sir 10:26 Be not overwise in doing thy business; and boast not thyself in
the time of thy distress.
Sir 10:27 Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he
that boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.
Sir 10:28 My son, glorify thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according
to the dignity thereof.
Sir 10:29 Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? and who
will honour him that dishonoureth his own life?
Sir 10:30 The poor man is honoured for his skill, and the rich man is
honoured for his riches.
Sir 10:31 He that is honoured in poverty, how much more in riches? and he
that is dishonourable in riches, how much more in poverty?