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5:7. For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh
upon sinners.
5:8. Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to
day.
5:9. For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance
he will destroy thee.
5:10. Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not
profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.
5:11. Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is
every sinner proved by a double tongue.
5:12. Be steadfast in the way of the Lord, and in the truth of thy
judgment, and in knowledge, and let the word of peace and justice keep
with thee.
5:13. Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst understand: and return a
true answer with wisdom.
5:14. If thou have understanding, answer thy neighbour: but if not, let
thy hand be upon thy mouth, lest thou be surprised in an unskilful word,
and be confounded.
5:15. Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the
fool is his ruin.
5:16. Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue, and
confounded.
5:17. For confusion and repentance is upon a thief, and an evil mark of
disgrace upon the double tongued, but to the whisperer hatred, and
enmity, and reproach.
5:18. Justify alike the small and the great.
Ecclesiasticus Chapter 6
Of true and false friends: and of the of the fruits of wisdom.
6:1. Instead of a friend become not an enemy to thy neighbour: for an
evil man shall inherit reproach and shame, so shall every sinner that is
envious and double tongued.
6:2. Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy
strength be quashed by folly,
6:3. And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit, and thou be left
as a dry tree in the wilderness.
6:4. For a wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and maketh him to
be a joy to his enemies, and shall lead him into the lot of the wicked.
6:5. A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a
gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth.
6:6. Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor.
6:7. If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before thou takest him, and
do not credit him easily.
6:8. For there is a friend for his own occasion, and he will not abide
in the day of thy trouble.
6:9. And there is a friend that turneth to enmity; and there is a friend
that will disclose hatred and strife and reproaches.
6:10. And there is a friend a companion at the table, and he will not
abide in the day of distress.
6:11. A friend if he continue steadfast, shall be to thee as thyself,
and shall act with confidence among them of thy household.
6:12. If he humble himself before thee, and hide himself from thy face,
thou shalt have unanimous friendship for good.
6:13. Separate thyself from thy enemies, and take heed of thy friends.
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