Sirach 14:10-24
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10 A wicked eye envieth [his] bread, and he is a niggard at his table.
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11 My son, according to thy ability do good to thyself, and give the Lord his due offering.
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12 Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee.
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13 Do good unto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give to him.
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14 Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee.
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15 Shalt thou not leave thy travails unto another? and thy labours to be divided by lot?
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16 Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul; for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave.
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17 All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is, Thou shalt die the death.
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18 As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.
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19 Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.
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20 Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom, and that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding. ing.
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21 He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets.
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22 Go after her as one that traceth, and lie in wait in her ways.
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23 He that prieth in at her windows shall also hearken at her doors.
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24 He that doth lodge near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls.