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| [1]Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins. |
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| [2]Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord. |
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| [3]Riches are not comely for a niggard: and what should an envious man do with money? |
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| [4]He that gathereth by defrauding his own soul gathereth for others, that shall spend his goods riotously. |
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| [5]He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? he shall not take pleasure in his goods. |
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| [6]There is none worse than he that envieth himself; and this is a recompence of his wickedness. |
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| [7]And if he doeth good, he doeth it unwillingly; and at the last he will declare his wickedness. |
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| [8]The envious man hath a wicked eye; he turneth away his face, and despiseth men. |
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| [9]A covetous man's eye is not satisfied with his portion; and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul. |
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| [10]A wicked eye envieth his bread, and he is a niggard at his table. |
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| [11]My son, according to thy ability do good to thyself, and give the Lord his due offering. |
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| [12]Remember that death will not be long in coming, and that the covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee. |
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| [13]Do good unto thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give to him. |
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| [14]Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee. |
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| [15]Shalt thou not leave thy travails unto another? and thy labours to be divided by lot? |
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| [16]Give, and take, and sanctify thy soul; for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave. |
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| [17]All flesh waxeth old as a garment: for the covenant from the beginning is, Thou shalt die the death. |
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| [18]As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born. |
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| [19]Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal. |
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| [20]Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom, and that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding. |
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| [21]He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets. |
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| [22]Go after her as one that traceth, and lie in wait in her ways. |
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| [23]He that prieth in at her windows shall also hearken at her doors. |
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| [24]He that doth lodge near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls. |
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| [25]He shall pitch his tent nigh unto her, and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are. |
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| [26]He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches. |
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| [27]By her he shall be covered from heat, and in her glory shall he dwell. |
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