ife of the fool is worse
than death.

Sir 22:12
Seven days do men mourn for him that is dead; but for a fool
and an ungodly man all the days of his life.

Sir 22:13
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.

Sir 22:14
What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof, but
a fool?

Sir 22:15
Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear, than a
man without understanding.

Sir 22:16
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.

Sir 22:17
A heart settled upon a thought of understanding is as a fair
plaistering on the wall of a gallery.

Sir 22:18
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.

Sir 22:19
He that pricketh the eye will make tears to fall: and he that
pricketh the heart maketh it to shew her knowledge.

Sir 22:20
Whoso casteth a stone at the birds frayeth them away: and he
that upbraideth his friend breaketh friendship.

Sir 22:21
Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not:
for there may be a returning [to favour.]

Sir 22:22
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.

Sir 22:23
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.

Sir 22:24
As the vapour and smoke of a furnace goeth before the fire;
so reviling before blood.

Sir 22:25
I will not be ashamed to defend a friend; neither will I hide
myself from him.

Sir 22:26
And if any evil happen unto me by him, every one that heareth
it will beware of him.

Sir 22:27
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?

Sir 23:1
O Lord, Father and Governor of all my whole life, leave me