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Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him; and not being angry, give place to the law of the most High.

For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that are, namely, to know how the world was made, and the operation of the elements:

Whoso feareth the Lord shall direct his friendship aright: for as he is, so shall his neighbour be also.

Before man is life and death; and whether him liketh shall be given him.

But what can I help you?

For we have sinned before the Lord,

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever of all the families of the earth shall not come up to Jerusalem to worship the king, the Lord Almighty, even these shall be added to the others.

Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.

Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.

As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick; so is the beauty of the face in ripe age.

He gave unto him his commandments, and authority in the statutes of judgments, that he should teach Jacob the testimonies, and inform Israel in his laws.

Then suddenly visions of horrible dreams troubled them sore, and terrors came upon them unlooked for.

Weep bitterly, and make great moan, and use lamentation, as he is worthy, and that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: and then comfort thyself for thy heaviness.

Then they comforted Achior, and praised him greatly.

Rendered to the righteous a reward of their labours, guided them in a marvellous way, and was unto them for a cover by day, and a light of stars in the night season;

And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.

Then all the people were wonderfully astonished, and bowed themselves and worshipped God, and said with one accord, Blessed be thou, O our God, which hast this day brought to nought the enemies of thy people.

All bread is sweet to a whoremonger, he will not leave off till he die.

None of their unrighteous deeds are hid from him, but all their sins are before the Lord

For now we have no helper: but God hath sold us into their hands, that we should be thrown down before them with thirst and great destruction.

For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron, and the bands thereof are bands of brass.

O Lord, hear the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, that all they which dwell upon the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the eternal God.

He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies.

Humble thyself greatly: for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms.

Now when I considered these things in myself, and pondered them in my heart, how that to be allied unto wisdom is immortality;

Whereas he saith, I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods; and yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.

Bountifulness is as a most fruitful garden, and mercifulness endureth for ever.

Noah was found perfect and righteous; in the time of wrath he was taken in exchange for the world; therefore was he left as a remnant unto the earth, when the flood came.

For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, or a labourer in the field, he was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.

But let this that we at spoken be for a warning unto us. And now will we come to the declaring of the matter in a few words.

Be ashamed of whoredom before father and mother: and of a lie before a prince and a mighty man;

How oft, and of how many shall he be laughed to scorn! for he knoweth not aright what it is to have; and it is all one unto him as if he had it not.

As the vine brought I forth pleasant savour, and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.

The mountains also and foundations of the earth be shaken with trembling, when the Lord looketh upon them.

For when men will not believe that thou art of a full power, thou shewest thy strength, and among them that know it thou makest their boldness manifest.

Then maketh he prayer for his goods, for his wife and children, and is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life.

Therefore even with blindness were these stricken, as those were at the doors of the righteous man: when, being compassed about with horrible great darkness, every one sought the passage of his own doors.

Then all the people together hasted, and fell down to the earth upon their faces to worship their Lord God Almighty, the most High.

They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?

The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds: and till it come nigh, he will not be comforted; and will not depart, till the most High shall behold to judge righteously, and execute judgment.

The countenance is a sign of changing of the heart.

Therefore let us wait for salvation of him, and call upon him to help us, and he will hear our voice, if it please him.

Then they chose out of them an hundred men to accompany her and her maid; and they brought her to the tent of Holofernes.

For they shall see the end of the wise, and shall not understand what God in his counsel hath decreed of him, and to what end the Lord hath set him in safety.

And he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him in danger that delivered him.

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

The Lord hath not given power to the saints to declare all his marvellous works, which the Almighty Lord firmly settled, that whatsoever is might be established for his glory.

Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:

He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.

As is a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as talk without sense.

And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians, and all the princes of the Philistines.

Or unknown wild beasts, full of rage, newly created, breathing out either a fiery vapour, or filthy scents of scattered smoke, or shooting horrible sparkles out of their eyes:

Brought them through the Red sea, and led them through much water:

By the name of the Lord God, which is called the Lord God of Israel, thou didst gather gold as tin and didst multiply silver as lead.

For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, and were saved through wisdom.

To slip upon a pavement is better than to slip with the tongue: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.

The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and he will keep the good deeds of man as the apple of the eye, and give repentance to his sons and daughters.

After him also they brought the sixth, who being ready to die said, Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God: therefore marvellous things are done unto us.

As of the green leaves on a thick tree, some fall, and some grow; so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.

And all her streets shall say, Alleluia; and they shall praise him, saying, Blessed be God, which hath extolled it for ever.

As the wild ass is the lion's prey in the wilderness: so the rich eat up the poor.

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

No heart can think upon these things worthily: and who is able to conceive his ways?

Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, an aged man, and of a well favoured countenance, was constrained to open his mouth, and to eat swine's flesh.

Be stedfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and wax old in thy work.

A man that breaketh wedlock, saying thus in his heart, Who seeth me? I am compassed about with darkness, the walls cover me, and no body seeth me; what need I to fear? the most High will not remember my sins:

And Ozias took him out of the assembly unto his house, and made a feast to the elders; and they called on the God of Israel all that night for help.

Now therefore call them unto you, and deliver the whole city for a spoil to the people of Holofernes, and to all his army.

Come unto me, all ye that be desirous of me, and fill yourselves with my fruits.

For there arose none in our age, neither is there any now in these days neither tribe, nor family, nor people, nor city among us, which worship gods made with hands, as hath been aforetime.

Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman.

A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.

And they did as she bade them, and shut the garden doors, and went out themselves at privy doors to fetch the things that she had commanded them: but they saw not the elders, because they were hid.

All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman: let the portion of a sinner fall upon her.

They light them candles, yea, more than for themselves, whereof they cannot see one.

As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; so are the fair feet with a constant heart.

Change not a friend for any good by no means; neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir.

For the Lord will not be slack, neither will the Mighty be patient toward them, till he have smitten in sunder the loins of the unmerciful, and repayed vengeance to the heathen; till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptre of the unrighteous;

Then was there a concourse throughout all the camp: for her coming was noised among the tents, and they came about her, as she stood without the tent of Holofernes, till they told him of her.

For as a man hath destroyed his enemy; so hast thou lost the love of thy neighbour.

For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.

The fear of the Lord is all wisdom; and in all wisdom is the performance of the law, and the knowledge of his omnipotency.

My son, gather instruction from thy youth up: so shalt thou find wisdom till thine old age.

The death thereof is an evil death, the grave were better than it.

And I will come and shew it unto thee: then thou shalt go forth with all thine army, and there shall be none of them that shall resist thee.

For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,

Suretiship hath undone many of good estate, and shaken them as a wave of the sea: mighty men hath it driven from their houses, so that they wandered among strange nations.

And if the family of Egypt shall not go up, nor come; then upon them shall be the overthrow with which the Lord shall smite all the nations, whichever of them shall not come up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Then will she return the straight way unto him, and comfort him, and shew him her secrets.

So Judith said, I will drink now, my lord, because my life is magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born.

Delicates poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave.

Then said Ozias unto her, O daughter, blessed art thou of the most high God above all the women upon the earth; and blessed be the Lord God, which hath created the heavens and the earth, which hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.

But the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give thee praise and righteousness, O Lord.

Four manner of things appear: good and evil, life and death: but the tongue ruleth over them continually.

These slaves have dealt treacherously; one woman of the Hebrews hath brought shame upon the house of king Nabuchodonosor: for, behold, Holofernes lieth upon the ground without a head.

The greater thou art, the more humble thyself, and thou shalt find favour before the Lord.

Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.

For if the just man be the son of God, he will help him, and deliver him from the hand of his enemies.

For of heaviness cometh death, and the heaviness of the heart breaketh strength.

Learn before thou speak, and use physick or ever thou be sick.