1611 King James Bible
Ecclesiasticus 14
- Ecclesiasticus 14:1 Blessed is the man that hath not slipt with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sinnes.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:2 Blessed is hee whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:3 Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an enuious man doe with money?
- Ecclesiasticus 14:4 He that gathereth by defrauding his owne soule, gathereth for others, that shall spend his goods riotously.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:5 Hee that is euill to himselfe, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:6 There is none worse then he that enuieth himselfe; and this is a recompence of his wickednesse.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:7 And if he doth good, he doth it vnwillingly, and at the last he will declare his wickednesse.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:8 The enuious man hath a wicked eye, he turneth away his face and despiseth men.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:9 A couetous mans eye is not satisfied with his portion, and the iniquity of the wicked dryeth vp his soule.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:10 A wicked eye enuieth bread, and he is a niggard at his table.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:11 My sonne, according to thy habilitie doe good to thy selfe, and giue the Lord his due offering.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:12 Remember that death will not be long in comming, and that the couenant of the graue is not shewed vnto thee.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:13 Doe good vnto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy abilitie, stretch out thy hand and giue to him.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:14 Defraud not thy selfe of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire ouerpasse thee.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:15 Shalt thou not leaue thy trauailes vnto another? and thy labours to be diuided by lot?
- Ecclesiasticus 14:16 Giue, and take, and sanctifie thy soule, for there is no seeking of dainties in the graue.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:17 All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the couenant from the beginning is; thou shalt die the death.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:18 As of the greene leaues on a thicke tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one commeth to an end, and another is borne.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:19 Euery worke rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker therof shal goe withall.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:20 Blessed is the man that doeth meditate good things in wisdome, and that reasoneth of holy things by his vnderstanding.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:21 He that considereth her wayes in his heart, shall also haue vnderstanding in her secrets.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:22 Goe after her as one that traceth, and lie in wait in her wayes.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:23 Hee that prieth in at her windowes, shal also hearken at her doores.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:24 Hee that doeth lodge neere her house, shall also fasten a pin in her walles.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:25 He shall pitch his tent nigh vnto her, and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:26 He shal set his children vnder her shelter, and shall lodge vnder her branches.
- Ecclesiasticus 14:27 By her he shall be couered from heat, and in her glory shall he dwell.