1. Septuagint, Ecclesiasticus (Siracides), 6.23-6.31, 6.34, 6.37, 11.7-11.9, 11.17-11.19, 11.22-11.28, 19.13-19.17, 21.2, 22.23, 27.8, 27.14 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
| 19.13. Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it;but if he did anything, so that he may do it no more. 19.14. Question a neighbor, perhaps he did not say it;but if he said it, so that he may not say it again. 19.15. Question a friend, for often it is slander;so do not believe everything you hear. 19.16. A person may make a slip without intending it. Who has never sinned with his tongue? 19.17. Question your neighbor before you threaten him;and let the law of the Most High take its course. 21.2. Flee from sin as from a snake;for if you approach sin, it will bite you. Its teeth are lions teeth,and destroy the souls of men. 21.2. A fool raises his voice when he laughs,but a clever man smiles quietly. 22.23. Gain the trust of your neighbor in his poverty,that you may rejoice with him in his prosperity;stand by him in time of affliction,that you may share with him in his inheritance. 22.23. For first of all, she has disobeyed the law of the Most High;second, she has committed an offense against her husband;and third, she has committed adultery through harlotry and brought forth children by another man. 27.8. If you pursue justice, you will attain it and wear it as a glorious robe. 27.14. The talk of men given to swearing makes ones hair stand on end,and their quarrels make a man stop his ears. |
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