Kniha Sirachovcova

1 (KJV) Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof driveth away sleep.
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2 (KJV) Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease breaketh sleep,
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3 (KJV) The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates.
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4 (KJV) The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth off, he is still needy.
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5 (KJV) He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof.
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6 (KJV) Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was present.
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7 (KJV) It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.
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8 (KJV) Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold.
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9 (KJV) Who is he? and we will call him blessed: for wonderful things hath he done among his people.
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10 (KJV) Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it?
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11 (KJV) His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his alms.
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12 (KJV) If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.
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13 (KJV) Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.
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14 (KJV) Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.
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15 (KJV) Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every point.
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16 (KJV) Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour note, lest thou be hated.
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17 (KJV) Leave off first for manners' sake; and be not unsatiable, lest thou offend.
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18 (KJV) When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first of all.
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19 (KJV) A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.
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20 (KJV) Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.
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21 (KJV) And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, and thou shalt have rest.
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22 (KJV) My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou shalt find as I told thee: in all thy works be quick, so shall there no sickness come unto thee.
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23 (KJV) Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good housekeeping will be believed.
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24 (KJV) But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not be doubted of.
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25 (KJV) Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed many.
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26 (KJV) The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the hearts of the proud by drunkeness.
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27 (KJV) Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.
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28 (KJV) Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind:
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29 (KJV) But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, with brawling and quarrelling.
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30 (KJV) Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.
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31 (KJV) Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in his mirth: give him no despiteful words, and press not upon him with urging him [to drink.]
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