Sirach 27

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¹ For the sake of profit many sin, and the struggle for wealth blinds the eyes.	¹ Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye.
² Like a peg driven between fitted stones, between buying and selling sin is wedged in.	² As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast.
³ Unless you earnestly hold fast to the fear of the LORD, suddenly your house will be thrown down.	³ Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner.
⁴ When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; so do a man's faults when he speaks.	⁴ Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown.
⁵ As the test of what the potter molds is in the furnace, so in his conversation is the test of a man.	⁵ As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust will remain: so will the perplexity of a man in his thoughts.
⁶ The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had; so too does a man's speech disclose the bent of his mind.	⁶ The furnace trieth the potter's vessels, and the trial of affliction just men.
⁷ Praise no man before he speaks, for it is then that men are tested.	⁷ Be the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man.
⁸ If you strive after justice you will attain it, and put it on like a splendid robe.	⁸ Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men.
⁹ Birds nest with their own kind, and fidelity comes to those who live by it.	⁹ If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation.
¹⁰ As a lion crouches in wait for prey, so do sins for evildoers.	¹⁰ Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her.
¹¹ Ever wise are the discourses of the devout, but the godless man, like the moon, is inconstant.	¹¹ The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sine for them that work iniquities.
¹² Limit the time you spend among fools, but frequent the company of thoughtful men.	¹² A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.
¹³ The conversation of the wicked is offensive, their laughter is wanton guilt.	¹³ In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.
¹⁴ Their oath-filled talk makes the hair stand on end, their brawls make one stop one's ears.	¹⁴ The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.
¹⁵ Wrangling among the haughty ends in bloodshed, their cursing is painful to hear.	¹⁵ The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.
¹⁶ He who betrays a secret cannot be trusted, he will never find an intimate friend.	¹⁶ Is the quarrels of the proud is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.
¹⁷ Cherish your friend, keep faith with him; but if you betray his confidence, follow him not;	¹⁷ He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.
¹⁸ For as an enemy might kill a man, you have killed your neighbor's friendship.	¹⁸ Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity.
¹⁹ Like a bird released from the hand, you have let your friend go and cannot recapture him;	¹⁹ But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him.
²⁰ Follow him not, for he is far away, he has fled like a gazelle from the trap.	²⁰ For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so also is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.
²¹ A wound can be bound up, and an insult forgiven, but he who betrays secrets does hopeless damage.	²¹ And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again.
²² He who has shifty eyes plots mischief and no one can ward him off;	²² Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare: because his soul is wounded.
²³ In your presence he uses honeyed talk, and admires your every word, But later he changes his tone and twists your words to your ruin.	²³ Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation:
²⁴ There is nothing that I hate so much, and the LORD hates him as well.	²⁴ But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul.
²⁵ As a stone falls back on him who throws it up, so a blow struck in treachery injures more than one.	²⁵ He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off:
²⁶ As he who digs a pit falls into it, and he who lays a snare is caught in it,	²⁶ In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock.
²⁷ Whoever does harm will be involved in it without knowing how it came upon him.	²⁷ I have hated many things, but not like him, and the Lord will hate him.
²⁸ Mockery and abuse will be the lot of the proud, and vengeance lies in wait for them like a lion.	²⁸ If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful.
²⁹ The trap seizes those who rejoice in pitfalls, and pain will consume them before they die;	²⁹ He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.
³⁰ Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight.	³⁰ A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.
	³¹ Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.
	³² They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.
	³³ Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them.

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