{"id":1865,"date":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir13\/"},"modified":"2019-07-26T19:29:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T23:29:00","slug":"sir13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir13\/","title":{"rendered":"Sirach 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 13<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threateneth withal: the poor is wronged, and he must intreat also. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If thou be for his profit, he will use thee: but if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If thou have any thing, he will live with thee: yea, he will make thee bare, and will not be sorry for it. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If he have need of thee, he will deceive thee, and smile upon thee, and put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and say, What wantest thou? <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he will shame thee by his meats, until he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at the last he will laugh thee to scorn afterward, when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Beware that thou be not deceived and brought down in thy jollity. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself, and so much the more will he invite thee. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Press thou not upon him, lest thou be put back; stand not far off, lest thou be forgotten. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk, and believe not his many words: for with much communication will he tempt thee, and smiling upon thee will get out thy secrets: <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But cruelly he will lay up thy words, and will not spare to do thee hurt, and to put thee in prison. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Observe, and take good heed, for thou walkest in peril of thy overthrowing: when thou hearest these things, awake in thy sleep. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Love the Lord all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Every beast loveth his like, and every man loveth his neighbor. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>All flesh consorteth according to kind, and a man will cleave to his like. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>What fellowship hath the wolf with the lamb? so the sinner with the godly. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? and what peace between the rich and the poor? <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>As the wild ass is the lion\u2019s prey in the wilderness: so the rich eat up the poor. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich abhor the poor. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>A rich man beginning to fall is held up of his friends: but a poor man being down is thrust away by his friends. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>When a rich man is fallen, he hath many helpers: he speaketh things not to be spoken, and yet men justify him: the poor man slipped, and yet they rebuked him too; he spake wisely, and could have no place. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>When a rich man speaketh, every man holdeth his tongue, and, look, what he saith, they extol it to the clouds: but if the poor man speak, they say, What fellow is this? and if he stumble, they will help to overthrow him. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Riches are good unto him that hath no sin, and poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be for good or evil: and a merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity; and the finding out of parables is a wearisome labour of the mind. <\/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>13 1\u00a0He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him. 2\u00a0Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken. 3\u00a0The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threateneth withal: the poor is wronged, and he must intreat also. 4\u00a0If thou be for his profit, he will use thee: but if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee. 5\u00a0If thou have any thing, he will live with thee: yea, he will make thee bare, and will not be sorry for it. 6\u00a0If he have need of thee, he will deceive thee, and smile upon thee, and put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and say, What wantest thou? 7\u00a0And he will shame thee by his meats, until he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at the last he will laugh thee to scorn afterward, when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee. 8\u00a0Beware that thou be not deceived and brought down in thy jollity. 9\u00a0If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself, and so much the more will he invite thee. 10\u00a0Press thou not upon him, lest thou be put back; stand not far off, lest thou be forgotten. 11\u00a0Affect not to be made equal unto him in talk, and believe not his many words: for with much communication will he tempt thee, and smiling upon thee will get out thy secrets: 12\u00a0But cruelly he will lay up thy words, and will not spare to do thee hurt, and&#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-1865","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\/1865","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=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3113,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions\/3113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}