{"id":1854,"date":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir02\/"},"modified":"2019-07-26T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T23:30:00","slug":"sir02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir02\/","title":{"rendered":"Sirach 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 2<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and go not aside, lest ye fall. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; and your reward shall not fail. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and mercy. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him? <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Woe be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two ways! <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Woe unto him that is fainthearted! for he believeth not; therefore shall he not be defended. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Woe unto you that have lost patience! and what will ye do when the Lord shall visit you? <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>They that fear the Lord will not disobey his Word; and they that love him will keep his ways. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>They that fear the Lord will seek that which is well, pleasing unto him; and they that love him shall be filled with the law. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight, <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Sirach Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir28\">28<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir29\">29<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir30\">30<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir31\">31<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir32\">32<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir33\">33<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir34\">34<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir35\">35<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir36\">36<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir37\">37<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir38\">38<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir39\">39<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir40\">40<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir41\">41<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir42\">42<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir43\">43<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir44\">44<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir45\">45<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir46\">46<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir47\">47<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir48\">48<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir49\">49<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir50\">50<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir51\">51<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 1\u00a0My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation. 2\u00a0Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble. 3\u00a0Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end. 4\u00a0Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate. 5\u00a0For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. 6\u00a0Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him. 7\u00a0Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and go not aside, lest ye fall. 8\u00a0Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; and your reward shall not fail. 9\u00a0Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and mercy. 10\u00a0Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him? 11\u00a0For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction. 12\u00a0Woe be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two ways! 13\u00a0Woe unto him that is fainthearted! for he believeth not; therefore shall he not be defended. 14\u00a0Woe unto you that have lost patience! and what will ye do when the Lord shall visit you? 15\u00a0They that fear the Lord will not disobey his Word; and they that love him will keep his ways. 16\u00a0They that fear the Lord will seek that which is well, pleasing unto him; and they that love him shall be filled with the law. 17\u00a0They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[47,79],"class_list":["post-1854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apocrypha","tag-ecclesiasticus","tag-sirach"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3124,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1854\/revisions\/3124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}