BOOK OF SIRACH

Miss not the discourse of the elders.

There is no wealth like health.

Stand not against the stream.

A man will show no mercy, and then plead to God for mercy!

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.

Every bird dwells with its own kind.

There were the giants, great of stature and expert in war.... They perished because they had no wisdom; they perished through their own foolishness.

They who are deft with their hands and skilled in their work are indispensable in a city; wherever they dwell, they hunger not.

In the midst of a discourse, speak not.

Be on guard against your friends.

A man will show no mercy, and then plead to God for mercy!

A man's heart tells him his opportunities better than seven watchmen on a tower.

Be on guard against your friends.

Every bird dwells with its own kind.

In the day of prosperity there is a forgetfulness of affliction.

In the midst of a discourse, speak not.

Miss not the discourse of the elders.

Stand not against the stream.

There is no wealth like health.

There were the giants, great of stature and expert in war.... They perished because they had no wisdom; they perished through their own foolishness.

They who are deft with their hands and skilled in their work are indispensable in a city; wherever they dwell, they hunger not.

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.