Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
Sirach
51 chapters
Chapters
Sirach 1
All wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath been always with him, and is before all time.
Sirach 2
Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation.
Sirach 3
The sons of wisdom are the church of the just: and their generation, obedience and love.
Sirach 4
Son, defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor.
Sirach 5
Set not thy heart upon unjust possessions, and say not: I have enough to live on: for it shall be of no service in the time of vengeance and darkness.
Sirach 6
Instead of a friend become not an enemy to thy neighbour: for an evil man shall inherit reproach and shame, so shall every sinner that is envious and double tongued.
Sirach 7
Do no evils, and no evils shall lay hold of thee.
Sirach 8
Strive not with a powerful man, lest thou fall into his hands.
Sirach 9
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson.
Sirach 10
A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.
Sirach 11
The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men.
Sirach 12
If thou do good, know to whom thou dost it, and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds.
Sirach 13
He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride.
Sirach 14
Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin.
Sirach 15
He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her,
Sirach 16
Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them.
Sirach 17
God created man of the earth, and made him after his own image.
Sirach 18
He that liveth for ever created all things together. God only shall be justified, and he remaineth an invincible king for ever.
Sirach 19
A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.
Sirach 20
How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer.
Sirach 21
My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more: but for thy former sins also pray that they may be forgiven thee.
Sirach 22
The sluggard is pelted with a dirty stone, and all men will speak of his disgrace.
Sirach 23
O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them.
Sirach 24
Wisdom shall praise her own self, and shall be honoured in God, and shall glory in the midst of her people,
Sirach 25
With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men:
Sirach 26
Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double.
Sirach 27
Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye.
Sirach 28
He that seeketh to revenge himself, shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance.
Sirach 29
He that sheweth mercy, lendeth to his neighbour: and he that is stronger in hand, keepeth the commandments.
Sirach 30
He that loveth his son, frequently chastiseth him, that he may rejoice in his latter end, and not grope after the doors of his neighbours.
Sirach 31
Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the thought thereof driveth away sleep.
Sirach 32
Have they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of them.
Sirach 33
No evils shall happen to him that feareth the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him, and deliver him from evils.
Sirach 34
The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.
Sirach 35
He that keepeth the law, multiplieth offerings.
Sirach 36
Have mercy upon us, O God of all, and behold us, and shew us the light of thy mercies:
Sirach 37
Every friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death?
Sirach 38
Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
Sirach 39
The wise men will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, and will be occupied in the prophets.
Sirach 40
Great labour is created for all men, and a heavy yoke is upon the children of Adam, from the day of their coming out of their mother’s womb, until the day of their burial into the mother of all.
Sirach 41
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
Sirach 42
Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be truly without confusion, and shall find favour before all men: be not ashamed of any of these things, and accept no person to sin thereby:
Sirach 43
The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew.
Sirach 44
Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation.
Sirach 45
Moses was beloved of God, and men: whose memory is in benediction.
Sirach 46
Valiant in war was Jesus the son of Nave, who was successor of Moses among the prophets, who was great according to his name,
Sirach 47
Then Nathan the prophet arose in the days of David.
Sirach 48
And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch.
Sirach 49
The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer:
Sirach 50
Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life propped up the house, and in his days fortified the temple.
Sirach 51
A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach. I will give glory to thee, O Lord, O King, and I will praise thee, O God my Saviour.