Eclesiástico (Sirácida) · Revised Version (con apócrifos)
Eclesiástico (Sirácida) 14 Revised Version (con apócrifos)
Eclesiástico (Sirácida) no está en RV1909.
1 Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, And is not pricked with sorrow for sins.
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2 Blessed is he whose soul doth not condemn him, And who is not fallen from his hope.
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3 Riches are not comely for a niggard; And what should an envious man do with money?
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4 He that gathereth [by taking ] from his own soul gathereth for others; And others shall revel in his goods.
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5 He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? And he shall not rejoice in his possessions.
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6 There is none more evil than he that envieth himself; And this is a recompense of his wickedness.
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7 Even if he doeth good, he doeth it in forgetfulness; And at the last he sheweth forth his wickedness.
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8 Evil is he that envieth with his eye, Turning away the face, and despising the souls [of men. ]
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9 A covetous man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion; And wicked injustice drieth up his soul.
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10 An evil eye is grudging of bread, And he is miserly at his table
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11 My son, according as thou hast, do well unto thyself, And bring offerings unto the Lord worthily.
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12 Remember that death will not tarry, And that the covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee.
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13 Do well 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 a good day; And let not the portion of a good desire pass thee by.
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15 Shalt thou not leave thy labours unto another? And thy toils to be divided by lot?
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16 Give, and take, and beguile thy soul; For there is no seeking of luxury 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 leaves flourishing on a thick tree, Some it sheddeth, and some it maketh to grow; So also of the generations of flesh and blood, One cometh to an end, and another is born.
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19 Every work rotteth and falleth away, And the worker thereof shall depart with it.
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20 Blessed is the man that shall meditate in wisdom, And that shall discourse by his understanding.
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21 He that considereth her ways in his heart Shall also have knowledge in her secrets.
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22 Go forth after her as one that tracketh, 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 lodgeth close to her house Shall also fasten a nail in her walls.
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25 He shall pitch his tent nigh at hand to her, And shall lodge in a lodging where good things are.
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26 He shall set his children under her shelter, And shall rest under her branches.
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27 By her he shall be covered from heat, And shall lodge in her glory.
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