Ecclesiasticus 5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1885, 1895(RV1895)

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5Concerning atonement, be not without fear,

And thou shalt perish in the time of vengeance.

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And Cp. 1 Pet. 3.15.with patience make thine answer.

12 Cp. ch. 18.19. If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour;

And if not, Cp. Wis. 8.12.let thy hand be upon thy mouth.

13 Cp. Prov. 18.21 & Mat. 12.37. Glory and dishonour is in talk:

And the tongue of a man is his fall.

14Be not called ch. 21.28 & 28.13. Prov. 18.8 & 26.22. Rom. 1.29.2 Cor. 12.29.a whisperer;

And lie not in wait with thy tongue:

For upon the thief there is shame,

And an evil condemnation upon him See ver. 9.that hath a double tongue.

15In a great matter and in a small, be not ignorant;