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Book of Ecclesiasticus (abbreviated Ecclus.) or The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, is a book of the Apocrypha written in Hebrew, about ethical teachings...

Wine and women corrupt the best of men; whoever frequents prostitutes loses all sense of shame. Ben Sirach, Wisdom of Sirach Therefore, feel shame according...

fall. Ben Sirach, Ecclesiasticus: Wisdom of Sirach Chapter 20 : 18 O cæca nocentum consilia! O semper timidum scelus! Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty...

distinct. And, now that I think of it, how well did those learned doctors who rejected for us this whole book of Sirach. I never read anything so calculated...

ashes. Ben Sirach, Wisdom of Sirach 17 : 31-32 In all your actions remember your last end and you will never sin. Ben Sirach, Wisdom of Sirach Do not say...

distinct. And, now that I think of it, how well did those learned doctors who rejected for us this whole book of Sirach. I never read anything so calculated...

Few perhaps are the days of the just man’s life but an honored name endures forever. Ben Sirach, Ecclesiasticus:Wisdom of Sirach 41 : 13 The Bible on Wikisource...

silent until the right moment; the chatterer and fool speak out of turn. Ben Sirach, Ecclesiasticus chapter 20 : 6-7 Cursed be the gossiper with his...

in Alphabet of Sirach This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Of Eve, Genesis...

much in want of what he has, as of what he has not. Syrus, Maxims. Misers are evil people, they turn away and disregard others. Sirach 14:8 (New American...

surveys the stars in the lofty sky, human beings remain dust and ashes. Book of Sirach, 17:31-32 (NRSV) A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous...

Sand, salt, and an iron weight are easier to bear than the stupid person. Sirach 22:15 It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and...

should be kept secret, for you do not know what it will produce later on. Sirach 8:18 Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses...

the poor; he who takes it from them is a murderer. Ben Sirach, Ecclesiasticus: Wisdom of Sirach Chapter 34 : 21 Hiko Seijuro: Murder is the only art a...

Ineffable Name and flew away into the air. Adam and Lilith in Alphabet of Sirach. Divorce is always good news. I know that sounds weird, but it’s true...

forgiven, but if you betray a secret there is no hope. Ben Sirach, Ecclesiasticus:Wisdom of Sirach 27:16-21 A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are...

Curse of Canaan. Besides the Book of Genesis, Noah is also mentioned in 1st Chronicles, Tobit, Wisdom, Sirach, Isaiah, Ezekiel, the Gospel of Matthew...

that "the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord," (Psalm 33:5) and that "the mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh;" (Sirach 18:13) and that God, being...

Alphabet of Sirach. Every one who marries goes it blind, more or less. Henry Adams, Esther: A Novel (1884), Ch. VII. Marriage as a community of interests...

excess is a snare for the fool; it lessens strength and multiplies wounds. Sirach 31:30 You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell....