Sirach 32:1-7
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1 If thou be made the master [of a feast,] lift not thyself up, but be among them as one of the rest; take diligent care for them, and so sit down.
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2 And when thou hast done all thy office, take thy place, that thou mayest be merry with them, and receive a crown for thy well ordering of the feast.
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3 Speak, thou that art the elder, for it becometh thee, but with sound judgment; and hinder not musick.
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4 Pour not out words where there is a musician, and shew not forth wisdom out of time.
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5 A concert of musick in a banquet of wine is as a signet of carbuncle set in gold.
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6 As a signet of an emerald set in a work of gold, so is the melody of musick with pleasant wine.
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7 Speak, young man, if there be need of thee: and yet scarcely when thou art twice asked.