Sirach
Old Testament · 51 chapters · 1437 verses
Every chapter of Sirach is given below in Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX) — 1437 verses in 51 chapters — each with the Greek text of the Septuagint in parallel and the translator's notes to the printed edition.
Patristic commentary has not yet been attached to Sirach. The full corpus of the Fathers remains searchable in the Fathers Library.
Chapters
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Chapter by Chapter
- Sirach 1 All wisdom comes from the Lord, and is with him for ever.
- Sirach 2 My son, if you come to serve the Lord, prepare your soul for temptation.
- Sirach 3 Hear me your father, O children, and do thereafter, that you may be safe.
- Sirach 4 My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.
- Sirach 5 Set your heart upon your goods; and say not, I have enough for my life.
- Sirach 6 Instead of a friend become not an enemy; for thereby you shall inherit an ill name, shame, and reproach: even so shall a sinner that has a double…
- Sirach 7 Do no evil, so shall no harm come to you.
- Sirach 8 Strive not with a mighty man' lest you fall into his hands.
- Sirach 9 Be not jealous over the wife of your bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against yourself.
- Sirach 10 A wise judge will instruct his people; and the government of a prudent man is well ordered.
- Sirach 11 Wisdom lifts up the head of him that is of low degree, and makes him to sit among great men.
- Sirach 12 When you will do good know to whom you do it; so shall you be thanked for your benefits.
- Sirach 13 He that touches pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that has fellowship with a proud man shall be like to him.
- Sirach 14 Blessed is the man that has not slipped with his mouth, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins.
- Sirach 15 He that fears the Lord will do good, and he that has the knowledge of the law shall obtain her.
- Sirach 16 Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.
- Sirach 17 The Lord created man of the earth, and turned him into it again.
- Sirach 18 He that lives for ever Hath created all things in general.
- Sirach 19 A laboring man that A is given to drunkenness shall not be rich: and he that contemns small things shall fall by little and little.
- Sirach 20 There is a reproof that is not comely: again, some man holds his tongue, and he is wise.
- Sirach 21 My son, have you sinned? do so no more, but ask pardon for your former sins.
- Sirach 22 A slothful man is compared to a filthy stone, and every one will hiss him out to his disgrace.
- Sirach 23 O Lord, Father and Governor of all my whole life, leave me not to their counsels, and let me not fall by them.
- Sirach 24 Wisdom shall praise herself, and shall glory in the midst of her people.
- Sirach 25 In three things I was beautified, and stood up beautiful both before God and men: the unity of brethren, the love of neighbors, a man and a wife that…
- Sirach 26 Blessed is the man that has a virtuous wife, for the number of his days shall be double.
- Sirach 27 Many have sinned for a small matter; and he that seeks for abundance will turn his eyes away.
- Sirach 28 He that revenges shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance.
- Sirach 29 He that is merciful will lend to his neighbor; and he that strengthens his hand keeps the commandments.
- Sirach 30 He that loves his son causes him often to feel the rod, that he may have joy of him in the end.
- Sirach 31 Watching for riches consumes the flesh, and the care thereof drives away sleep.
- Sirach 32 If you be made the master of a feast, lift not yourself up, but be among them as one of the rest; take diligent care for them, and so sit down.
- Sirach 33 There shall no evil happen to him that fears the Lord; but in temptation even again he will deliver him.
- Sirach 34 The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.
- Sirach 35 He that keeps the law brings offerings enough: he that takes heed to the commandment offers a peace offering.
- Sirach 36 Have mercy upon us, O Lord God of all, and behold us:
- Sirach 37 Every friend says, I am his friend also: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.
- Sirach 38 Honor a physician with the honor due to him for the uses which you may have of him: for the Lord has created him.
- Sirach 39 But he that gives his mind to the law of the most High, and is occupied in the meditation thereof, will seek out the wisdom of all the ancient, and…
- Sirach 40 Great travail is created for every man, and an heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam, from the day that they go out of their mother's womb, till the…
- Sirach 41 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of you to a man that lives at rest in his possessions, to the man that has nothing to vex him, and that has…
- Sirach 42 Or of iterating and speaking again that which you have heard; and of revealing of secrets. So shall you be truly shamefaced and find favor before all…
- Sirach 43 The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious show;
- Sirach 44 Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that became the father of us.
- Sirach 45
- Sirach 46 Jesus the son a Nave was valiant in the wars, and was the successor of Moses in prophecies, who according to his name was made great for the saving…
- Sirach 47 And after him rose up Nathan to prophesy in the time of David.
- Sirach 48 Then stood up Elias the prophet as fire, and his word burned like a lamp.
- Sirach 49 The remembrance of Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and…
- Sirach 50 Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house again, and in his days fortified the temple:
- Sirach 51 I will thank you, O Lord and King, and praise you, O God my Saviour: I do give praise to your name: