Sirach 7
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Sirach 7
Miscellaneous Advice
1 #
1 Pet 3.13
Do no evil, and evil will never overtake you.
2Stay away from wrong, and it will turn away from you.
3 #
Job 4.8; Ps 79.12; Sir 40.8 Do#7.3 Gk My child, do not sow in the furrows of injustice,
and you will not reap a sevenfold crop.
4Do not seek from the Lord high office
or the seat of honor from the king.
5 #
Job 9.2; Ps 143.2; Lk 18.11 Do not assert your righteousness before the Lord
or display your wisdom before the king.
6 #
Lev 19.15
Do not seek to become a judge,
or you may be unable to root out injustice;
perhaps you will fear the powerful
and so mar your integrity.
7Commit no offense against the public,
and do not disgrace yourself among the people.
8 #
Sir 3.27
Do not commit a sin twice;
even for one you will not go unpunished.
9Do not say, “He will consider the great number of my gifts,
and when I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.”
10 #
Tob 4.7; Lk 18.1 Do not grow weary when you pray;
do not neglect to give alms.
11 #
1 Sam 2.7; Prov 17.5 Do not ridicule a person who is embittered in spirit,
for there is one who humbles and exalts.
12Do not devise#7.12 Heb: Gk plow a lie against your brother
or do the same to a friend.
13Refuse to utter any lie,
for it is a habit that results in no good.
14 #
Eccl 5.2; Sir 32.9; Mt 6.7 Do not babble in the company of the elders,
and do not repeat yourself when you pray.
15 #
Gn 3.19, 23 Do not hate hard labor
or farm work, which was created by the Most High.
16Do not enroll in the ranks of sinners;
remember that retribution will not delay.
17 #
Isa 66.24; Jdt 16.17; Sir 18.21; Mk 9.48 Humble yourself to the utmost,
for the punishment of the ungodly is fire and worms.#7.17 Heb for the expectation of mortals is worms
Relations with Others
18 #
1 Kings 9.28; 1 Chr 29.4; Sir 27.1 Do not exchange a friend for money
or a real brother for the gold of Ophir.
19 #
Prov 12.4; 31.10; Sir 26.1–3 Do not dismiss#7.19 Heb: Gk deprive yourself of a wise and good wife,
for her charm is worth more than gold.
20 #
Sir 33.31; 34.27 Do not abuse slaves who work faithfully
or hired laborers who give of themselves.
21 #
Ex 21.2; Deut 15.12; Jer 34.8–16 Let your soul love intelligent slaves;#7.21 Heb Love a wise slave as yourself
do not withhold from them their freedom.
22Do you have cattle? Look after them;
if they are profitable to you, keep them.
23 #
Prov 29.15, 17; Sir 30.12, 13 Do you have children? Discipline them,
and make them obedient#7.23 Gk bend their necks from their youth.
24 #
Sir 42.9–11
Do you have daughters? Be concerned for their chastity,#7.24 Gk body
and do not show yourself too indulgent with them.#7.24 Gk do not brighten your face toward them
25Give a daughter in marriage, and you complete a great task,
but give her to a sensible man.
26Do you have a wife who pleases you?#7.26 Heb Syr lack who pleases you Do not divorce her,
but do not trust yourself to one whom you detest.
27 #
Ex 20.12; Tob 4.3, 4; Sir 3.2, 8 With all your heart honor your father,
and do not forget the birth pangs of your mother.
28Remember that it was of your parents#7.28 Gk them you were born;
how will you repay what they have given to you?
29With all your soul fear the Lord
and revere his priests.
30 #
Deut 6.5; 12.19; Mt 22.37; Lk 10.27 With all your might love your Maker,
and do not neglect his ministers.
31 #
Lev 2.3, 10; 6.16; 7.1–7, 34; Prov 3.9 Fear the Lord and honor the priest,
and give him his portion, as you have been commanded:
the first fruits, the purification offering, the gift of the shoulders,
the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of the holy things.
32Stretch out your hand to the poor,
so that your blessing may be complete.
33 #
Tob 4.17
Give graciously to all the living;
do not withhold kindness even from the dead.
34 #
Sir 37.12; Rom 12.15 Do not lag behind those who weep,
but mourn with those who mourn.
35 #
Mt 25.36, 39, 43 Do not hesitate to visit the sick,
because for such deeds you will be loved.
36 #
Deut 32.29; Sir 28.6; 38.20, 21 In all you do, remember the end of your life,
and then you will never sin.
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