{"id":1861,"date":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir09\/"},"modified":"2019-07-26T19:29:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T23:29:29","slug":"sir09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir09\/","title":{"rendered":"Sirach 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 9<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another\u2019s beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Sit not at all with another man\u2019s wife, nor sit down with her in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine; lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult with the wise. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated. <\/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>9 1\u00a0Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself. 2\u00a0Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance. 3\u00a0Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares. 4\u00a0Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts. 5\u00a0Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her. 6\u00a0Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance. 7\u00a0Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof. 8\u00a0Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another\u2019s beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire. 9\u00a0Sit not at all with another man\u2019s wife, nor sit down with her in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine; lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction. 10\u00a0Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure. 11\u00a0Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end. 12\u00a0Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave. 13\u00a0Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou&#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-1861","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\/1861","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=1861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3118,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1861\/revisions\/3118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}