Ecclesiasticus 12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1885, 1895(RV1895)

1If thou do good,

7Give to the good man,

And fully tried in prosperity;

And his enemy will not be hidden in adversity.

9In a man's prosperity his enemies are grieved;

And he hath not utterly rusted it.

12Set him not by thee,

Lest he overthrow thee and stand in thy place;

Let him not sit on thy right hand,

Lest he seek to take thy seat,

And at the last thou acknowledge my words,

And be ch. 14.1. Cp. Acts 2.37.pricked with my sayings.

13Who will pity Cp. Ps. 58.5 & Eccles. 10.11 & Jer. 8.17.a charmer that is bitten with a serpent,

Or any that come nigh wild beasts?

14 Cp. ch. 21.2. Even so who will pity him that goeth to a sinner,

And is mingled with him in his sins?

15For a while he will abide with thee,

And if thou give way, he will not hold out.

16And Cp. Ps. 28.3 & 55.21 & Prov. 26.24,25.the enemy will speak sweetly with his lips,

And in his heart take counsel how to overthrow thee into a pit:

Cp. Jer. 41.6,7. The enemy will weep with his eyes,

And if he find opportunity, he will not be satiated with blood.

17If adversity meet thee, thou shalt find him there before thee;

And as though he would help thee, Cp. Ps. 41.9.he will trip up thy heel.

18 ch. 13.7. He will shake his head, and clap his hands,

And whisper much, and ch. 13.25.change his countenance.