{"id":1869,"date":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir17\/"},"modified":"2019-07-26T19:28:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T23:28:39","slug":"sir17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/sir17\/","title":{"rendered":"Sirach 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 17<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The Lord created man of the earth, and turned him into it again. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>He gave them few days, and a short time, and power also over the things therein. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>He endued them with strength by themselves, and made them according to his image, <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And put the fear of man upon all flesh, and gave him dominion over beasts and fowls. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>They received the use of the five operations of the Lord, and in the sixth place he imparted them understanding, and in the seventh speech, an interpreter of the cogitations thereof. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, ears, and a heart, gave he them to understand. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Withal he filled them with the knowledge of understanding, and shewed them good and evil. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>He set his eye upon their hearts, that he might shew them the greatness of his works. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>He gave them to glory in his marvellous acts for ever, that they might declare his works with understanding. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the elect shall praise his holy name. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Beside this he gave them knowledge, and the law of life for an heritage. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>He made an everlasting covenant with them, and shewed them his judgments. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his glorious voice. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And he said unto them, Beware of all unrighteousness; and he gave every man commandment concerning his neighbour. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Their ways are ever before him, and shall not be hid from his eyes. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Every man from his youth is given to evil; neither could they make to themselves fleshy hearts for stony. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For in the division of the nations of the whole earth he set a ruler over every people; but Israel is the Lord\u2019s portion: <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V18\">18\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Whom, being his firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love doth not forsake him. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V19\">19\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Therefore all their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V20\">20\u00a0<\/a><\/span>None of their unrighteous deeds are hid from him, but all their sins are before the Lord <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V21\">21\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But the Lord being gracious and knowing his workmanship, neither left nor forsook them, but spared them. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V22\">22\u00a0<\/a><\/span>The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and he will keep the good deeds of man as the apple of the eye, and give repentance to his sons and daughters. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V23\">23\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Afterwards he will rise up and reward them, and render their recompence upon their heads. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V24\">24\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But unto them that repent, he granted them return, and comforted those that failed in patience. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V25\">25\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Return unto the Lord, and forsake thy sins, make thy prayer before his face, and offend less. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V26\">26\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Turn again to the most High, and turn away from iniquity: for he will lead thee out of darkness into the light of health, and hate thou abomination vehemently. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V27\">27\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Who shall praise the most High in the grave, instead of them which live and give thanks? <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V28\">28\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Thanksgiving perisheth from the dead, as from one that is not: the living and sound in heart shall praise the Lord. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V29\">29\u00a0<\/a><\/span>How great is the lovingkindness of the Lord our God, and his compassion unto such as turn unto him in holiness! <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V30\">30\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V31\">31\u00a0<\/a><\/span>What is brighter than the sun? yet the light thereof faileth; and flesh and blood will imagine evil. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V32\">32\u00a0<\/a><\/span>He vieweth the power of the height of heaven; and all men are but earth and ashes. <\/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>17 1\u00a0The Lord created man of the earth, and turned him into it again. 2\u00a0He gave them few days, and a short time, and power also over the things therein. 3\u00a0He endued them with strength by themselves, and made them according to his image, 4\u00a0And put the fear of man upon all flesh, and gave him dominion over beasts and fowls. 5\u00a0They received the use of the five operations of the Lord, and in the sixth place he imparted them understanding, and in the seventh speech, an interpreter of the cogitations thereof. 6\u00a0Counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, ears, and a heart, gave he them to understand. 7\u00a0Withal he filled them with the knowledge of understanding, and shewed them good and evil. 8\u00a0He set his eye upon their hearts, that he might shew them the greatness of his works. 9\u00a0He gave them to glory in his marvellous acts for ever, that they might declare his works with understanding. 10\u00a0And the elect shall praise his holy name. 11\u00a0Beside this he gave them knowledge, and the law of life for an heritage. 12\u00a0He made an everlasting covenant with them, and shewed them his judgments. 13\u00a0Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his glorious voice. 14\u00a0And he said unto them, Beware of all unrighteousness; and he gave every man commandment concerning his neighbour. 15\u00a0Their ways are ever before him, and shall not be hid from his eyes. 16\u00a0Every man from his youth is given to evil; neither could they make to themselves fleshy hearts for stony. 17\u00a0For in the division of the nations of the whole earth he set a ruler over every people; but Israel is the Lord\u2019s portion: 18\u00a0Whom, being his firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love doth not&#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-1869","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\/1869","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=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3108,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1869\/revisions\/3108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}