| 1 The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach. |
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| 11 Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord. |
| 12 And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion. |
| 13 All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction. |
| 14 The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out. |
| 15 Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great. |
| 16 A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever. |
| 17 My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both? |
| 18 Better is the man that hideth his folly, then the man that hideth his wisdom. |
| 19 Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of. |
| 20 For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion. |
| 21 Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power: |
| 22 Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people: |
| 23 Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest, |
| 24 Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking: |
| 25 Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman. |
| 26 Turn not sway thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring. |
| 27 Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed. |
| 28 Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not. |