Ecclesiasticus 9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1885, 1895(RV1895)

1Be not jealous over

And revel not with her at the wine;

Lest haply thy soul turn aside unto her,

And with thy spirit thou slide into destruction.

10 the grave.

13KEEP thee far from the man that hath power to kill,

And thou shalt have no suspicion of the fear of death:

And if thou come unto him, commit no fault,

Lest he take away thy life:

Know surely that thou goest about in the midst of snares,

And walkest upon the battlements of a city.

14AS well as thou canst, guess at thy neighbours;

And Tob. 4.18. Cp. ch. 8.8.take counsel with the wise.

15 Cp. ch. 27.12. Let thy converse be with men of understanding;

And let all thy discourse be Ps. 1.2.in the law of the Most High.

16Let just men be the companions of thy board;

And let ch. 10.22., Cp. ch. 1.11,12.thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.

17For the hand of the artificers a work shall be commended:

And he that ruleth the people shall be counted wise for his speech.

18A man ch. 8.3.full of tongue is dangerous in his city;

And Cp. Prov. 18.7.he that is headlong in his speech shall be hated.