BenSira:22

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* A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone , and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace . * A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill : every man that takes it up will shake his hand . * An evilnurtured man is the dishonour of his father that begat him : and a [foolish ] daughter is born to his loss . * A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband : but she that liveth dishonestly is her father 's heaviness . * She that is bold dishonoureth both her father and her husband , but they both shall despise her . * A tale out of season [is as ] musick in mourning : but stripes and correction of wisdom are never out of time . * Whoso teacheth a fool is as one that glueth a potsherd together , and as he that waketh one from a sound sleep . * He that telleth a tale to a fool speaketh to one in a slumber : when he hath told his tale , he will say , What is the matter ? * If children live honestly , and have wherewithal , they shall cover the baseness of their parents . * But children , being haughty , through disdain and want of nurture do stain the nobility of their kindred . * Weep for the dead , for he hath lost the light : and weep for the fool , for he wanteth understanding : make little weeping for the dead , for he is at rest : but the life of the fool is worse than death . * Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead ; but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of his life . * Talk not much with a fool , and go not to him that hath no understanding : beware of him , lest thou have trouble , and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries : depart from him , and thou shalt find rest , and never be disquieted with madness . * What is heavier than lead ? and what is the name thereof , but a fool ? * Sand , and salt , and a mass of iron , is easier to bear , than a man without understanding . * As timber girt and bound together in a building cannot be loosed with shaking : so the heart that is stablished by advised counsel shall fear at no time . * A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair plaistering on the wall of a gallery . * Pales set on an high place will never stand against the wind : so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear . * He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall : and he that pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge . * Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away : and he that upbraideth his friend breaketh friendship . * Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend , yet despair not : for there may be a returning [to favour .] * If thou hast opened thy mouth against thy friend , fear not ; for there may be a reconciliation : except for upbraiding , or pride , or disclosing of secrets , or a treacherous wound : for for these things every friend will depart . * Be faithful to thy neighbour in his poverty , that thou mayest rejoice in his prosperity : abide stedfast unto him in the time of his trouble , that thou mayest be heir with him in his heritage : for a mean estate is not always to be contemned : nor the rich that is foolish to be had in admiration . * As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire ; so reviling before blood . * I will not be ashamed to defend a friend ; neither will I hide myself from him . * And if any evil happen unto me by him , every one that heareth it will beware of him . * Who shall set a watch before my mouth , and a seal of wisdom upon my lips , that I fall not suddenly by them , and that my tongue destroy me not ?

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