Sirach 19

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¹ He who does so grows no richer; he who wastes the little he has will be stripped bare.	¹ A labouring man that A is given to drunkenness shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.
² Wine and women make the mind giddy, and the companion of harlots becomes reckless.	² Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away: and he that cleaveth to harlots will become impudent.
³ Rottenness and worms will possess him, for contumacious desire destroys its owner.	³ Moths and worms shall have him to heritage, and a bold man shall be taken away.
⁴ He who lightly trusts in them has no sense, and he who strays after them sins against his own life.	⁴ He that is hasty to give credit is lightminded; and he that sinneth shall offend against his own soul.
⁵ He who gloats over evil will meet with evil, and he who repeats an evil report has no sense.	⁵ Whoso taketh pleasure in wickedness shall be condemned: but he that resisteth pleasures crowneth his life.
⁶ Never repeat gossip, and you will not be reviled.	⁶ He that can rule his tongue shall live without strife; and he that hateth babbling shall have less evil.
⁷ Tell nothing to friend or foe; if you have a fault, reveal it not,	⁷ Rehearse not unto another that which is told unto thee, and thou shalt fare never the worse.
⁸ For he who hears it will hold it against you, and in time become your enemy.	⁸ Whether it be to friend or foe, talk not of other men's lives; and if thou canst without offence, reveal them not.
⁹ Let anything you hear die within you; be assured it will not make you burst.	⁹ For he heard and observed thee, and when time cometh he will hate thee.
¹⁰ When a fool hears something, he is in labor, like a woman giving birth to a child.	¹⁰ If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee; and be bold, it will not burst thee.
¹¹ Like an arrow lodged in a man's thigh is gossip in the breast of a fool.	¹¹ A fool travaileth with a word, as a woman in labour of a child.
¹² Admonish your friend--he may not have done it; and if he did, that he may not do it again.	¹² As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh, so is a word within a fool's belly.
¹³ Admonish your neighbor--he may not have said it; and if he did, that he may not say it again.	¹³ Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: and if he have done it, that he do it no more.
¹⁴ Admonish your friend--often it may be slander; every story you must not believe.	¹⁴ Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: and if he have, that he speak it not again.
¹⁵ Then, too, a man can slip and not mean it; who has not sinned with his tongue?	¹⁵ Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.
¹⁶ Admonish your neighbor before you break with him; thus will you fulfill the law of the Most High.	¹⁶ There is one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart; and who is he that hath not offended with his tongue?
¹⁷ All wisdom is fear of the LORD; perfect wisdom is the fulfillment of the law.	¹⁷ Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him; and not being angry, give place to the law of the most High.
¹⁸ The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, nor is there prudence in the counsel of sinners.	¹⁸ The fear of the Lord is the first step to be accepted [of him,] and wisdom obtaineth his love.
¹⁹ There is a shrewdness that is detestable, while the simple man may be free from sin.	¹⁹ The knowledge of the commandments of the Lord is the doctrine of life: and they that do things that please him shall receive the fruit of the tree of immortality.
²⁰ There are those with little understanding who fear God, and those of great intelligence who violate the law.	²⁰ The fear of the Lord is all wisdom; and in all wisdom is the performance of the law, and the knowledge of his omnipotency.
²¹ There is a shrewdness keen but dishonest, which by duplicity wins a judgment.	²¹ If a servant say to his master, I will not do as it pleaseth thee; though afterward he do it, he angereth him that nourisheth him.
²² There is the wicked man who is bowed in grief, but is full of guile within;	²² The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, neither at any time the counsel of sinners prudence.
²³ He bows his head and feigns not to hear, but when not observed, he will take advantage of you:	²³ There is a wickedness, and the same an abomination; and there is a fool wanting in wisdom.
²⁴ Even though his lack of strength keeps him from sinning, when he finds the opportunity, he will do harm.	²⁴ He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, is better than one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the most High.
²⁵ One can tell a man by his appearance; a wise man is known as such when first met.	²⁵ There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust; and there is one that turneth aside to make judgment appear; and there is a wise man that justifieth in judgment.
²⁶ A man's attire, his hearty laughter and his gait, proclaim him for what he is.	²⁶ There is a wicked man that hangeth down his head sadly; but inwardly he is full of deceit,
	²⁷ Casting down his countenance, and making as if he heard not: where he is not known, he will do thee a mischief before thou be aware.
	²⁸ And if for want of power he be hindered from sinning, yet when he findeth opportunity he will do evil.
	²⁹ A man may be known by his look, and one that hath understanding by his countenance, when thou meetest him.
	³⁰ A man's attire, and excessive laughter, and gait, shew what he is.

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