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7:30. Remember that thou hadst not been born but through them: and make
a return to them as they have done for thee.
7:31. With all thy soul fear the Lord, and reverence his priests.
7:32. With all thy strength love him that made thee: and forsake not his
ministers.
7:33. Honour God with all thy soul and give honour to the priests, and
purify thyself with thy arms.
Thy arms... That is, with all thy power: or else by arms (brachiis) are
here signified the right shoulders of the victims, which by the law fell
to the priests. See ver. 35.
7:34. Give them their portion, as it is commanded thee, of the
firstfruits and of purifications: and for thy negligences purify thyself
with a few.
7:35. Offer to the Lord the gift of thy shoulders, and the sacrifice of
sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things:
7:36. And stretch out thy hand to the poor, that thy expiation and thy
blessing may be perfected.
7:37. A gift hath grace in the sight of all the living, and restrain not
grace from the dead.
And restrain not grace from the dead... That is, withhold not from them
the benefit of alms, prayers, and sacrifices. Such was the doctrine and
practice of the church of God even in the time of the Old Testament. And
the same has always been continued from the days of the apostles in the
church of the New Testament.
7:38. Be not wanting in comforting them that weep, and walk with them
that mourn.
7:39. Be not slow to visit the sick: for by these things thou shalt be
confirmed in love.
7:40. In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.
Ecclesiasticus Chapter 8
Other lessons of wisdom and virtue.
8:1. Strive not with a powerful man, lest thou fall into his hands.
8:2. Contend not with a rich man, lest he bring an action against thee.
8:3. For gold and silver hath destroyed many, and hath reached even to
the heart of kings, and perverted them.
8:4. Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood
upon his fire.
8:5. Communicate not with an ignorant man, lest he speak ill of thy
family.
8:6. Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him
therewith: remember that we are all worthy of reproof.
8:7. Despise not a man in his old age; for we also shall become old.
8:8. Rejoice not at the death of thy enemy; knowing that we all die, and
are not willing that others should rejoice at our death.
8:9. Despise not the discourse of them that are ancient and wise, but
acquaint thyself with their proverbs.
8:10. For of them thou shalt learn wisdom, and instruction of
understanding, and to serve great men without blame.
8:11. Let not the discourse of the ancients escape thee, for they have
learned of their fathers:
8:12. For of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give an answer
in time of need.
8:13. Kindle not the coals of sinners by rebuking them, lest thou be
burnt with the flame of the fire of their sins.
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