12
Lend not unto him that is mightier than thyself; for if thou
lendest him, count it but lost.

Sir 8:13
Be not surety above thy power: for if thou be surety, take
care to pay it.

Sir 8:14
Go not to law with a judge; for they will judge for him
according to his honour.

Sir 8:15
Travel not by the way with a bold fellow, lest he become
grievous unto thee: for he will do according to his own will,
and thou shalt perish with him through his folly.

Sir 8:16
Strive not with an angry man, and go not with him into a
solitary place: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where
there is no help, he will overthrow thee.

Sir 8:17
Consult not with a fool; for he cannot keep counsel.

Sir 8:18
Do no secret thing before a stranger; for thou knowest not
what he will bring forth.

Sir 8:19
Open not thine heart to every man, lest he requite thee with
a shrewd turn.

Sir 9:1
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not
an evil lesson against thyself.

Sir 9:2
Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy
substance.

Sir 9:3
Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.

Sir 9:4
Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest
thou be taken with her attempts.

Sir 9:5
Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that
are precious in her.

Sir 9:6
Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine
inheritance.

Sir 9:7
Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither
wander thou in the solitary place thereof.

Sir 9:8
Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon
another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a
woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.

Sir 9:9
Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor sit down with her
in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine;
lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire
thou fall into destruction.

Sir 9:10
Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to
him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt
drink it with pleasure.

Sir 9:11
Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what
shall be his end.

Sir 9:12
Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in;
but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.

Sir 9:13
Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt
thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him,
make no fa