Sir 22:1 A slothful man is compared to a filthy
stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace.
Sir 22:2 A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill: every man
that takes it up will shake his hand.
Sir 22:3 An evilnurtured man is the dishonour of his father that begat him:
and a [foolish] daughter is born to his loss.
Sir 22:4 A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she
that liveth dishonestly is her father's heaviness.
Sir 22:5 She that is bold dishonoureth both her father and her husband, but
they both shall despise her.
Sir 22:6 A tale out of season [is as] musick in mourning: but stripes and
correction of wisdom are never out of time.
Sir 22:7 Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together,
and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep.
Sir 22:8 He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber: when
he hath told his tale, he will say, What is the matter?
Sir 22:9 If children live honestly, and have wherewithal, they shall cover
the baseness of their parents.
Sir 22:10 But children, being haughty, through disdain and want of nurture
do stain the nobility of their kindred.
Sir 22:11 Weep for the dead, for he hath lost the light: and weep for the
fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for he
is at rest: but the life of the fool is worse than death.
Sir 22:12 Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool and
an ungodly man all the days of his life.
Sir 22:13 Talk not much with a fool, and go not to him that hath no
understanding: beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou shalt never
be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and thou shalt find rest,
and never be disquieted with madness.
Sir 22:14 What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a
fool?
Sir 22:15 Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, than a man
without understanding.
Sir 22:16 As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be loosed
with shaking: so the heart that is stablished by advised counsel shall fear
at no time.
Sir 22:17 A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair
plaistering on the wall of a gallery.
Sir 22:18 Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind: so a
fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.
Sir 22:19 He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall: and he that
pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge.
Sir 22:20 Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away: and he that
upbraideth his friend breaketh friendship.
Sir 22:21 Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not: for
there may be a returning [to favour.]
Sir 22:22 If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend, fear not; for
there may be a reconciliation: except for upbraiding, or pride, or
disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for for these things every
friend will depart.
Sir 22:23 Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayest
rejoice in his prosperity: abide stedfast unto him in the time of his
trouble, that thou mayest be heir with him in his heritage: for a mean
estate is not always to be contemned: nor the rich that is foolish to be had
in admiration.
Sir 22:24 As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so
reviling before blood.
Sir 22:25 I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide
myself from him.
Sir 22:26 And if any evil happen unto me by him, every one that heareth it
will beware of him.
Sir 22:27 Who shall set a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wisdom upon
my lips, that I fall not suddenly by them, and that my tongue destroy me
not?