Sirach 7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Sirach 7Miscellaneous Advice

1 not sow in the furrows of injustice,

and you will not reap a sevenfold crop.

4Do not seek from the Lord high office

or the seat of honor from the king.

5 a lie against your brother

or do the same to a friend.

13Refuse to utter any lie,

for it is a habit that results in no good.

14 Relations with Others

18 a wise and good wife,

for her charm is worth more than gold.

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do not withhold from them their freedom.

22Do you have cattle? Look after them;

if they are profitable to you, keep them.

23 from their youth.

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and do not show yourself too indulgent with them.

25Give a daughter in marriage, and you complete a great task,

but give her to a sensible man.

26Do you have a wife who pleases you? Do not divorce her,

but do not trust yourself to one whom you detest.

27 you were born;

how will you repay what they have given to you?

29With all your soul fear the Lord

and revere his priests.

30 Deut 6.5; 12.19; Mt 22.37; Lk 10.27 With all your might love your Maker,

and do not neglect his ministers.

31 Lev 2.3, 10; 6.16; 7.1–7, 34; Prov 3.9 Fear the Lord and honor the priest,

and give him his portion, as you have been commanded:

the first fruits, the purification offering, the gift of the shoulders,

the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of the holy things.

32Stretch out your hand to the poor,

so that your blessing may be complete.

33 Tob 4.17 Give graciously to all the living;

do not withhold kindness even from the dead.

34 Sir 37.12; Rom 12.15 Do not lag behind those who weep,

but mourn with those who mourn.

35 Mt 25.36, 39, 43 Do not hesitate to visit the sick,

because for such deeds you will be loved.

36 Deut 32.29; Sir 28.6; 38.20, 21 In all you do, remember the end of your life,

and then you will never sin.