Ben Sira Archives - Page 3 of 7

"Show not yourself valiant in wine, for many has it undone!" ~~ Ben Sira 31:25

"Who tells a secret will forfeit trust, and find no true friend." ~~ Ben Sira 27:16

"Where no hedge is, the vineyard will be derelict, and where no wife is a man is waif and stray." ~~ Ben Sira 36:26

"Both a boaster and a fool miss the fitting time for silence." ~~ Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus 20:6

"It is follly to listen at the door, and the clever man regards this as a very shameful thing." ~~ Ben Sira 21:24

"Wisdom is known by utterance and intelligence by the answer of the tongue." ~~ Ben Sira 4:23

"The man that swears many oaths will be filled with iniquity." ~~ Ben Sira 23:11

"Keep far from quarrel and you will escape sin! " ~~ Ben Sira 28:8

"Every sin is like a double-edged sword, and there is no cure against its wound. " ~~ Ben Sira 21:3

"I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman." ~~ Ben Sira 25:16

"Let your friends be many but your confidant only one in a thousand!" ~~ Ben Sira 6:6

"Who can number the sands of the sea, and the rain-drips, and the days of eternity?" ~~ Ben Sira 1:2