THE WISDOME OF IESUS THE SONNE OF SIRACH, OR ECCLESIASTICUS. (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV

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Ecclesiasticus Chapter 13 Original 1611 KJV Bible Scan

CHAP. XIII.

1 Keepe not companie with the proude, or a mightier then thy selfe. 15 Like will to like. 21 The difference betweene the rich and the poore. 25 A mans heart will change his countenance.

¹ He that toucheth pitch, shal be defiled therewith, and hee that hath fellowship with a proude man, shall be like vnto him.¹

² Burthen not thy selfe aboue thy power, while thou liuest, and haue no fellowship with one that is mightier, and richer then thy selfe. For how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.²

³ The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threatneth withall: the poore is wronged, and he must intreat also.

⁴ If thou be for his profit, he will vse thee: but if thou haue nothing, he will forsake thee.

⁵ If thou haue any thing, he will liue with thee, yea he will make thee bare, and will not be sorie for it.

⁶ If he haue need of thee, hee will deceiue thee, and smile vpon thee, and put thee in hope, he will speake thee faire, and say, What wantest thou?

⁷ And hee will shame thee by his meates, vntill he haue drawen thee drie twice or thrice, and at the last hee will laugh thee to scorne: afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.

⁸ Beware that thou bee not deceiued, and brought downe in thy iolitie.⁸

⁹ If thou be inuited of a mighty man, withdraw thy selfe, and so much the more will he inuite thee.

¹⁰ Presse thou not vpon him, lest thou be put backe, stand not farre off, lest thou be forgotten.

¹¹ Affect not to be made equall vnto him in talke, and beleeue not his many words: for with much communication will he tempt thee, and smiling vpon thee will get out thy secrets.¹¹

¹² But cruelly he will lay vp thy words, and will not spare to doe thee hurt, and to put thee in prison.