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4 A wife daughter fhall 12 Seven days do men

bring an inheritance to her hufband: but the that liveth dishonestly, is her father's heaviness.

5 She that is bold, difhonoureth both her father and her husband, but they both fhall defpife her.

6 A tale out of feafon [is as] mufick in mourning: but ftripes and correction of wifdóm are never out of time.

7. Whofo teacheth a fool, is as one that glueth a potfherd together, and as he that waketh one from a found Лleep.

8 He that telleth a tale to a fool, fpeaketh to one in a flumber when he hath told his tale, he will fay, What is the matter?

mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool and an ungodly man, all the days of his life.

13 Talk not much with a fool, and ge not to him that hath no understanding: beware of him, left thou have trouble, and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and thou fhalt find rest, and never be difquieted with his madness.

14 What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but a fool?

15 Sand, and falt, and a mafs of iron, is easier to bear, than a man without understanding.

16 As timber girt and bound together in a building, cannot be loofed with fhak

g If children live honeftly,ing: fo the heart that is and have wherewithal, they ftablished by advised counsel, fhall cover the bafeness of fhall fear at no time.

their parents.

10 But children being haughty through difdain and want of nurture, do ftain the nobility of their kindred.

11 Weep for the dead, for he hath loft the light: and weep for the fool, for he wanteth understanding: make little weeping for the dead, for he is at reft: but the life of the fool is worfe than death

17 A heart fettled upon a thought of understanding, is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery.

18 Pales fet on an high place will never stand against the wind: fo a fearful heart, in the imagination of a fool, cannot ftand against any fear.

19 He that pricketh the eye, will make tears to fall: and he that pricketh the heart, maketh it to fhew her

knowledge.

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knowledge.

20 Whofo cafteth a ftone at the birds, frayeth them away: and he that upbraideth his friend, breaketh friendship.

21 Though thou dreweft a fword at thy friend, yet defpair not for there may be a returning [to favour.]

of him.

27 Who fhall fet a watch before my mouth, and a seal of wifdom upon my lips,. that I fall not fuddenly by them, and that my tongue deftroy me not?

CHAP. XXIII.

22 If thou haft opened thy Lord, Father and Go

mouth against thy friend, fear not: for there may be a reconciliation; except for upbraiding, or pride, or difclofing of fecrets, or a treacherous wound: for, for these things every friend will depart.

23 Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty, that thou mayeft rejoice in his profperity: abide ftedfast unto him in the time of his trouble, that thou mayeft be heir with him in his heritage for a mean eftate is not always to be contemned; nor the rich that is foolish, to be had in admiration.

24 As the vapour and fmoke of a furnace goeth before the fire; so reviling before blood.

25 I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide myself from him.

26 And if any evil happen unto me by him, every one that heareth it will beware

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leave me not to their counsels, and let me not fall by them.

2 Who will fet fcourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wifdom over mine heart? that they fpare me not for mine ignorances, and it pafs not by my fins:

3 Left mine ignorances increafe, and my fins abound to my deftruction, and I fall before mine adverfaries, and mine enemy rejoice over me, whofe hope is far from thy mercy.

4 O Lord, Father and God of my life, give me not a proud look, but turn away from thy fervants always a haughty mind.

5 Turn away from me vain hopes, and concupifcence, and thou fhalt hold him up that is defirous always to ferve thee.

6 Let not the greedinefs of the belly, nor luft of the flesh take hold of me, and give

not

not over me thy fervant into an impudent mind.

7 Hear, O ye children, the difcipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it, fhall never be taken in his lips.

8 The finner fhall be left in his foolishness: both the evil-speaker and the proud fhall fall thereby. i

13 Ufe not thy mouth to intemperate fwearing, for therein is the word of fin.

14 Remember thy father. and thy mother, when thou fitteft among great men. Be not forgetful before them, and fo thou by thy custom become a fool, and wish that thou hadft not been born, and curfe, the day of thy nati

9 Accuftom not thy mouth to fwearing: neither ufe thy-vity. felf to the naming of the Holy One.

15 The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be reform

10 For as a fervant that is continually beaten, fhalled all the days of his life. not be without a blue mark: fo he that sweareth, and nameth God continually, fhall not be faultlefs.

1 A man that ufeth much fwearing, fhall be filled with iniquity, and the plague fhall never depart from his houfe: if he fhall offend, his fin fhall be upon him and if he acknowledge not his fin, he maketh a double offence; and if he fwear in vain, he fhall not be innocent, but his house shall be full of calamities.

12 There is a word that is clothed about with death: God grant that it be not found in the heritage of Jacob for all fuch things fhall be far from the godly, and they fhall not wallow in

their fins.

16 Two forts of men multiply fin, and the third will bring wrath: a hot mind is as a burning fire, it will never be quenched till it be confumed: a fornicator in the body of his flesh will neve ceafe till he hath kindled a fire.

17 All bread is sweet to a whoremonger, he will not leave off till he die.

18 A man that breaketh wedlock, faying thus in his heart, Who feeth me! I am compaffed about with darknefs, the walls cover me, and nobody feeth me; what need I to fear? the most High will not remember my fins:

19 Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes

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men, and confidering the moft fecret parts.

20 He knew all things ere

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ments of the Lord.

28 It is great glory to follow the Lord, and to be re

ever they were created: foceived of him is long life.

alfo after they were perfected, he looked upon them all.

21 This man fhall be punished in the ftreets of the city; and where he fufpecteth not, he shall be taken.

22 Thus fhall it go alfo with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another.

23 For firft, fhe hath difobeyed the law of the moft High; and fecondly, fhe hath trefpafled against her own husband; and thirdly, fhe hath played the whore in adultery, and brought children by another man.

24 She fhall be brought out into the congregation, and inquifition fhall be made of her children.

25 Her children fhall not take root, and her branches fhall bring forth no fruit.

26 She fhall leave her memory to be curfed, and her reproach fhall not be błotted out.

27 And they that remain fhall know that there is nothing better than the fear of

CHAP. XXIV.

Wherfelf, and thall

ISDOM fhall praise

glory in the midst of her people.

2 In the congregation of the. moft High fhall fhe open her mouth, and triumph before his power.

3 I came out of the mouth of the moft High, and covered the earth as a cloud.

4 I dwelt in high places, and my throne is in a cloudy pillar.

5 I alone compaffed the circuit of heaven, and walked in the bottom of the deep.

6 In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, and in every people, and nation, I got a poffeffion.

7 With all thefe I fought reft: and in whofe inheritance fhall I abide?

8 So the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and he that made me caufed my tabernacle to rest, and faid, Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thine inheri

tance

tance in Ifrael.

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He created me from the
beginning before the world,
and I fhall never fail.

10 In the holy tabernacle
I ferved before him: and fo
was I eftablished in Sion.

II Likewife in the be-
loved city he gave me rest,
and in Jerufalem was my
power.

12 And I took root in an
honourable people, even in
the portion of the Lord's in-
heritance.

13 ¶ I was exalted like a
cedar in Libanus, and as a
cypress-tree upon the moun-
tains of Hermon.

14 I was exalted like a
palm-tree in Engaddi, and as
a rofe-plant in Jericho, as a
fair olive-tree in a pleasant
field, and grew up as a plane-
tree by the water.

my flowers are the fruit of
honour and riches.

18 I am the mother of far
love, and fear, and know-
ledge, and holy hope; I
therefore being eternal, am
given to all my children
which are named of him.

19 Come unto me, all ye
that be defirous of me, and
fill yourselves with my fruits.

20 For my memorial is
fweeter than honey, and
mine inheritance than the
honeycomb.

21 They that eat me fhall
yet be hungry, and they
that drink me fhall yet be
thirsty.

22 He that obeyeth me
fhall never be confounded,
and they that work by me
fhall not do amifs.

23 All these things are
the book of the covenant of
the most high God, even the
law which Mofes command-

congregations of Jacob.

15 I gave a sweet smell
like cinnamon and afpala-
thus, and I yielded a pleasanted for an heritage unto the
odour like the best myrrh, as
galbanum, and onyx, and
fweet ftorax, and as the fume
of frankincense in the taber-
nacle.

24 Faint not to be strong
in the Lord; that he may
confirm you, cleave unto
him for the Lord Almigh-
16 As the turpentine-tree ty is God alone, and befides
I ftretched out my branches, him there is no other Savi-
and my branches are the our.
branches of honour and
grace.

17 As the vine brought
I forth pleafant favour, and

25 He filleth all things
with his wisdom, as Phifon,
and as Tigris in the time of
the new fruits.

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