{"id":1859,"date":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir07\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T14:59:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:59:41","slug":"sir07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir07\/","title":{"rendered":"Sirach 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n<div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"><\/a> 7<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\"><\/a>1\u00a0<\/span>Do no evil, so shall no harm come unto thee.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\"><\/a>2\u00a0<\/span>Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\"><\/a>3\u00a0<\/span>My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\"><\/a>4\u00a0<\/span>Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\"><\/a>5 J<\/span>ustify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\"><\/a>6\u00a0<\/span>Seek not to be judge, being not able to take away iniquity; lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty, an stumblingblock in the way of thy uprightness.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\"><\/a>7\u00a0<\/span>Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thyself down among the people.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\"><\/a>8\u00a0<\/span>Bind not one sin upon another; for in one thou shalt not be unpunished.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\"><\/a>9\u00a0<\/span>Say not, God will look upon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\"><\/a>10\u00a0<\/span>Be not fainthearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to give alms.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\"><\/a>11\u00a0<\/span>Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\"><\/a>12\u00a0<\/span>Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the like to thy friend.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\"><\/a>13\u00a0<\/span>Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\"><\/a>14\u00a0<\/span>Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\"><\/a>15\u00a0<\/span>Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\"><\/a>16\u00a0<\/span>Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\"><\/a>17\u00a0<\/span>Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\"><\/a>18\u00a0<\/span>Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\"><\/a>19\u00a0<\/span>Forego not a wise and good woman: for her grace is above gold.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\"><\/a>20\u00a0<\/span>Whereas thy servant worketh truly, entreat him not evil, nor the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\"><\/a>21\u00a0<\/span>Let thy soul love a good servant, and defraud him not of liberty.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\"><\/a>22\u00a0<\/span>Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\"><\/a>23\u00a0<\/span>Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\"><\/a>24\u00a0<\/span>Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thyself cheerful toward them.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\"><\/a>25\u00a0<\/span>Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\"><\/a>26\u00a0<\/span>Hast thou a wife after thy mind? forsake her not: but give not thyself over to a light woman.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\"><\/a>27\u00a0<\/span>Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\"><\/a>28\u00a0<\/span>Remember that thou wast begotten of them; and how canst thou recompense them the things that they have done for thee?<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\"><\/a>29\u00a0<\/span>Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V30\"><\/a>30\u00a0<\/span>Love him that made thee with all thy strength, and forsake not his ministers.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V31\"><\/a>31\u00a0<\/span>Fear the Lord, and honor the priest; and give him his portion, as it is commanded thee; the firstfruits, and the trespass offering, and the gift of the shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V32\"><\/a>32\u00a0<\/span>And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V33\"><\/a>33\u00a0<\/span>A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living; and for the dead detain it not.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V34\"><\/a>34\u00a0<\/span>Fail not to be with them that weep, and mourn with them that mourn.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V35\"><\/a>35\u00a0<\/span>Be not slow to visit the sick: for that shall make thee to be beloved.<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"p\"><span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V36\"><\/a>36\u00a0<\/span>Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.<\/div>\r\n<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> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir02\">2<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir03\">3<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir04\">4<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir05\">5<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir06\">6<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir07\">7<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir08\">8<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir09\">9<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir10\">10<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir11\">11<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir12\">12<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir13\">13<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir14\">14<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir15\">15<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir16\">16<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir17\">17<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir18\">18<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir19\">19<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir20\">20<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir21\">21<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir22\">22<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir23\">23<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir24\">24<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir25\">25<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir26\">26<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir27\">27<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir28\">28<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir29\">29<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir30\">30<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir31\">31<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir32\">32<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir33\">33<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir34\">34<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir35\">35<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir36\">36<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir37\">37<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir38\">38<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir39\">39<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir40\">40<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir41\">41<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir42\">42<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir43\">43<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir44\">44<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir45\">45<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir46\">46<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir47\">47<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir48\">48<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir49\">49<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir50\">50<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir51\">51<\/a><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 1\u00a0Do no evil, so shall no harm come unto thee. 2\u00a0Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee. 3\u00a0My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold. 4\u00a0Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour. 5 Justify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king. 6\u00a0Seek not to be judge, being not able to take away iniquity; lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty, an stumblingblock in the way of thy uprightness. 7\u00a0Offend not against the multitude of a city, and then thou shalt not cast thyself down among the people. 8\u00a0Bind not one sin upon another; for in one thou shalt not be unpunished. 9\u00a0Say not, God will look upon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it. 10\u00a0Be not fainthearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to give alms. 11\u00a0Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth and exalteth. 12\u00a0Devise not a lie against thy brother; neither do the like to thy friend. 13\u00a0Use not to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good. 14\u00a0Use not many words in a multitude of elders, and make not much babbling when thou prayest. 15\u00a0Hate not laborious work, neither husbandry, which the most High hath ordained. 16\u00a0Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long. 17\u00a0Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms. 18\u00a0Change not a friend for any good by no means; 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