folly.

13:12. If thou be invited by one that is mightier, withdraw thyself: for
so he will invite thee the more.

13:13. Be not troublesome to him, lest thou be put back: and keep not
far from him, lest thou be forgotten.

13:14. Affect not to speak with him as an equal, and believe not his
many words: for by much talk he will sift thee, and smiling will examine
thee concerning thy secrets.

13:15. His cruel mind will lay up thy words: and he will not spare to do
thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison.

13:16. Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest:
for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin.

13:17. When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou
shalt awake.

13:18. Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.

13:19. Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is
nearest to himself.

13:20. All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man
shall associate himself to his like.

13:21. If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so
the sinner with the just.

13:22. What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the
rich with the poor?

13:23. The wild ass is the lion's prey in the desert: so also the poor
are devoured by the rich.

13:24. And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich
man abhorreth the poor.

13:25. When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when
a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.

13:26. When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath
spoken proud things, and they have justified him.

13:27. The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken
wisely, and could have no place.

13:28. The rich man spoke, and all held their peace, and what he said
they extol even to the clouds.

13:29. The poor man spoke, and they say: Who is this? and if he stumble,
they will overthrow him.

13:30. Riches are good to him that hath no sin in his conscience: and
poverty is very wicked in the mouth of the ungodly.

13:31. The heart of a man changeth his countenance, either for good, or
for evil.

13:32. The token of a good heart, and a good countenance thou shalt
hardly find, and with labour.

Ecclesiasticus Chapter 14

The evil of avarice: works of mercy are recommended, and the love of
wisdom.

14:1. Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his
mouth, and