BibleRead365

WEBC: World English Bible, Catholic Edition

View Reading Plan Day 211 of 365 58%

Day

Day 1 Day 365

Early World
Patriarchs
Egypt and Exodus
Desert Wanderings
Conquest and Judges
Royal Kingdom
Divided Kingdom
Exile
Royal Kingdom
Divided Kingdom
Exile
Return
Maccabean Revolt
Wisdom & Poetry
Exile
Divided Kingdom
Return
Messianic Fulfillment
The Church

Day 211 of 365

about 10 minutes

Sirach 5-7

Sirach Chapter 5

¹Don’t set your heart upon your goods. Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.” ²Don’t follow your own mind and your strength to walk in the desires of your heart. ³Don’t say, “Who will have dominion over me?” for the Lord will surely take vengeance on you. ⁴Don’t say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?” for the Lord is patient. ⁵Don’t be so confident of atonement that you add sin upon sins. ⁶Don’t say, “His compassion is great. He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,” for mercy and wrath are with him, and his indignation will rest on sinners. ⁷Don’t wait to turn to the Lord. Don’t put off from day to day; for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will come on you, and you will perish in the time of vengeance. ⁸Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains, for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity. ⁹Don’t winnow with every wind. Don’t walk in every path. This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does. ¹⁰Be steadfast in your understanding. Let your speech be consistent. ¹¹Be swift to hear and answer with patience. ¹²If you have understanding, answer your neighbor; but if not, put your hand over your mouth. ¹³Glory and dishonor is in talk. A man’s tongue may be his downfall. ¹⁴Don’t be called a whisperer. Don’t lie in wait with your tongue; for shame is on the thief, and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue. ¹⁵Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matter.

1: Don’t set your heart upon your goods. Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.”

2: Don’t follow your own mind and your strength to walk in the desires of your heart.

3: Don’t say, “Who will have dominion over me?” for the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.

4: Don’t say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?” for the Lord is patient.

5: Don’t be so confident of atonement that you add sin upon sins.

6: Don’t say, “His compassion is great. He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,” for mercy and wrath are with him, and his indignation will rest on sinners.

7: Don’t wait to turn to the Lord. Don’t put off from day to day; for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will come on you, and you will perish in the time of vengeance.

8: Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains, for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.

9: Don’t winnow with every wind. Don’t walk in every path. This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does.

10: Be steadfast in your understanding. Let your speech be consistent.

11: Be swift to hear and answer with patience.

12: If you have understanding, answer your neighbor; but if not, put your hand over your mouth.

13: Glory and dishonor is in talk. A man’s tongue may be his downfall.

14: Don’t be called a whisperer. Don’t lie in wait with your tongue; for shame is on the thief, and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue.

15: Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matter.

Sirach Chapter 6

¹Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend; for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach. So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue. ²Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul, that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull. ³You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit, and leave yourself like a dry tree. ⁴A wicked soul will destroy him who has it, and will make him a laughing stock to his enemies. ⁵Sweet words will multiply a man’s friends. A gracious tongue will multiply courtesies. ⁶Let those that are at peace with you be many, but your advisers one of a thousand. ⁷If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing, and don’t be in a hurry to trust him. ⁸For there is a friend just for an occasion. He won’t continue in the day of your affliction. ⁹And there is a friend who turns into an enemy. He will discover strife to your reproach. ¹⁰And there is a friend who is a companion at the table, but he won’t continue in the day of your affliction. ¹¹In your prosperity he will be as yourself, and will be bold over your servants. ¹²If you are brought low, he will be against you, and will hide himself from your face. ¹³Separate yourself from your enemies, and beware of your friends. ¹⁴A faithful friend is a strong defense. He who has found him has found a treasure. ¹⁵There is nothing that can be taken in exchange for a faithful friend. His excellency is beyond price. ¹⁶A faithful friend is a life-saving medicine. Those who fear the Lord will find him. ¹⁷He who fears the Lord directs his friendship properly; for as he is, so is his neighbor also. ¹⁸My son, gather instruction from your youth up. Even when you have gray hair you will find wisdom. ¹⁹Come to her as one who plows and sows and wait for her good fruit; for your toil will be little in her cultivation, and you will soon eat of her fruit. ²⁰How exceedingly harsh she is to the unlearned! He who is without understanding will not remain in her. ²¹She will rest upon him as a mighty stone of trial. He won’t hesitate to cast her from him. ²²For wisdom is according to her name. She isn’t manifest to many. ²³Give ear, my son, and accept my judgment. Don’t refuse my counsel. ²⁴Bring your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her chain. ²⁵Put your shoulder under her and bear her. Don’t be grieved with her bonds. ²⁶Come to her with all your soul. Keep her ways with your whole power. ²⁷Search and seek, and she will be made known to you. When you get hold of her, don’t let her go. ²⁸For at the last you will find her rest; and she will be turned for you into gladness. ²⁹Her fetters will be to you for a covering of strength, and her chains for a robe of glory. ³⁰For there is a golden ornament upon her, and her bands are a purple cord. ³¹You shall put her on as a robe of glory, and shall put her on as a crown of rejoicing. ³²My son, if you are willing, you will be instructed. If you will yield your soul, you will be prudent. ³³If you love to hear, you will receive. If you incline your ear, you will be wise. ³⁴Stand in the multitude of the elders. Attach yourself to whomever is wise. ³⁵Be willing to listen to every godly discourse. Don’t let the proverbs of understanding escape you. ³⁶If you see a man of understanding, get to him early. Let your foot wear out the steps of his doors. ³⁷Let your mind dwell on the ordinances of the Lord and meditate continually on his commandments. He will establish your heart and your desire for wisdom will be given to you.

1: Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend; for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach. So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue.

2: Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul, that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull.

3: You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit, and leave yourself like a dry tree.

4: A wicked soul will destroy him who has it, and will make him a laughing stock to his enemies.

5: Sweet words will multiply a man’s friends. A gracious tongue will multiply courtesies.

6: Let those that are at peace with you be many, but your advisers one of a thousand.

7: If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing, and don’t be in a hurry to trust him.

8: For there is a friend just for an occasion. He won’t continue in the day of your affliction.

9: And there is a friend who turns into an enemy. He will discover strife to your reproach.

10: And there is a friend who is a companion at the table, but he won’t continue in the day of your affliction.

11: In your prosperity he will be as yourself, and will be bold over your servants.

12: If you are brought low, he will be against you, and will hide himself from your face.

13: Separate yourself from your enemies, and beware of your friends.

14: A faithful friend is a strong defense. He who has found him has found a treasure.

15: There is nothing that can be taken in exchange for a faithful friend. His excellency is beyond price.

16: A faithful friend is a life-saving medicine. Those who fear the Lord will find him.

17: He who fears the Lord directs his friendship properly; for as he is, so is his neighbor also.

18: My son, gather instruction from your youth up. Even when you have gray hair you will find wisdom.

19: Come to her as one who plows and sows and wait for her good fruit; for your toil will be little in her cultivation, and you will soon eat of her fruit.

20: How exceedingly harsh she is to the unlearned! He who is without understanding will not remain in her.

21: She will rest upon him as a mighty stone of trial. He won’t hesitate to cast her from him.

22: For wisdom is according to her name. She isn’t manifest to many.

23: Give ear, my son, and accept my judgment. Don’t refuse my counsel.

24: Bring your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her chain.

25: Put your shoulder under her and bear her. Don’t be grieved with her bonds.

26: Come to her with all your soul. Keep her ways with your whole power.

27: Search and seek, and she will be made known to you. When you get hold of her, don’t let her go.

28: For at the last you will find her rest; and she will be turned for you into gladness.

29: Her fetters will be to you for a covering of strength, and her chains for a robe of glory.

30: For there is a golden ornament upon her, and her bands are a purple cord.

31: You shall put her on as a robe of glory, and shall put her on as a crown of rejoicing.

32: My son, if you are willing, you will be instructed. If you will yield your soul, you will be prudent.

33: If you love to hear, you will receive. If you incline your ear, you will be wise.

34: Stand in the multitude of the elders. Attach yourself to whomever is wise.

35: Be willing to listen to every godly discourse. Don’t let the proverbs of understanding escape you.

36: If you see a man of understanding, get to him early. Let your foot wear out the steps of his doors.

37: Let your mind dwell on the ordinances of the Lord and meditate continually on his commandments. He will establish your heart and your desire for wisdom will be given to you.

Sirach Chapter 7

¹Do no evil, so no evil will overtake you. ²Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you. ³My son, don’t sow upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and you won’t reap them sevenfold. ⁴Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord, nor the seat of honor from the king. ⁵Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord, and don’t display your wisdom before the king. ⁶Don’t seek to be a judge, lest you not be able to take away iniquities, lest perhaps you fear the person of a mighty man, and lay a stumbling block in the way of your uprightness. ⁷Don’t sin against the multitude of the city. Don’t disgrace yourself in the crowd. ⁸Don’t commit a sin twice, for even in one you will not be unpunished. ⁹Don’t say, “He will look upon the multitude of my gifts. When I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.” ¹⁰Don’t be faint-hearted in your prayer. Don’t neglect to give alms. ¹¹Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts. ¹²Don’t devise a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend. ¹³Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good. ¹⁴Don’t babble in the assembly of elders. Don’t repeat your words in your prayer. ¹⁵Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created. ¹⁶Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners. Remember that wrath will not wait. ¹⁷Humble your soul greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm. ¹⁸Don’t exchange a friend for something, neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir. ¹⁹Don’t deprive yourself of a wise and good wife, for her grace is worth more than gold. ²⁰Don’t abuse a servant who works faithfully, or a hireling who gives you his life. ²¹Let your soul love a wise servant. Don’t defraud him of liberty. ²²Do you have cattle? Look after them. If they are profitable to you, let them stay by you. ²³Do you have children? Correct them, and make them obedient from their youth. ²⁴Do you have daughters? Take care of their bodies, and don’t be overly indulgent toward them. ²⁵Give your daughter in marriage, and you will have accomplished a great matter. Give her to a man of understanding. ²⁶Do you have a wife who pleases you? Don’t cast her out. But don’t trust yourself to one who is hateful. ²⁷Honor your father with your whole heart, and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother. ²⁸Remember that you were born of them. What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you? ²⁹Fear the Lord with all your soul; and revere his priests. ³⁰With all your strength love him who made you. Don’t forsake his ministers. ³¹Fear the Lord and honor the priest. Give him his portion, even as it is commanded you: the first fruits, the trespass offering, the gift of the shoulders, the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of holy things. ³²Also stretch out your hand to the poor man, that your blessing may be complete. ³³A gift has grace in the sight of every living man. Don’t withhold grace for a dead man. ³⁴Don’t avoid those who weep, and mourn with those who mourn. ³⁵Don’t be slow to visit a sick man, for by such things you will gain love. ³⁶In all your words, remember eternity, and you will never sin.

1: Do no evil, so no evil will overtake you.

2: Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you.

3: My son, don’t sow upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and you won’t reap them sevenfold.

4: Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord, nor the seat of honor from the king.

5: Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord, and don’t display your wisdom before the king.

6: Don’t seek to be a judge, lest you not be able to take away iniquities, lest perhaps you fear the person of a mighty man, and lay a stumbling block in the way of your uprightness.

7: Don’t sin against the multitude of the city. Don’t disgrace yourself in the crowd.

8: Don’t commit a sin twice, for even in one you will not be unpunished.

9: Don’t say, “He will look upon the multitude of my gifts. When I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.”

10: Don’t be faint-hearted in your prayer. Don’t neglect to give alms.

11: Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts.

12: Don’t devise a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend.

13: Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good.

14: Don’t babble in the assembly of elders. Don’t repeat your words in your prayer.

15: Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created.

16: Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners. Remember that wrath will not wait.

17: Humble your soul greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm.

18: Don’t exchange a friend for something, neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir.

19: Don’t deprive yourself of a wise and good wife, for her grace is worth more than gold.

20: Don’t abuse a servant who works faithfully, or a hireling who gives you his life.

21: Let your soul love a wise servant. Don’t defraud him of liberty.

22: Do you have cattle? Look after them. If they are profitable to you, let them stay by you.

23: Do you have children? Correct them, and make them obedient from their youth.

24: Do you have daughters? Take care of their bodies, and don’t be overly indulgent toward them.

25: Give your daughter in marriage, and you will have accomplished a great matter. Give her to a man of understanding.

26: Do you have a wife who pleases you? Don’t cast her out. But don’t trust yourself to one who is hateful.

27: Honor your father with your whole heart, and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother.

28: Remember that you were born of them. What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you?

29: Fear the Lord with all your soul; and revere his priests.

30: With all your strength love him who made you. Don’t forsake his ministers.

31: Fear the Lord and honor the priest. Give him his portion, even as it is commanded you: the first fruits, the trespass offering, the gift of the shoulders, the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of holy things.

32: Also stretch out your hand to the poor man, that your blessing may be complete.

33: A gift has grace in the sight of every living man. Don’t withhold grace for a dead man.

34: Don’t avoid those who weep, and mourn with those who mourn.

35: Don’t be slow to visit a sick man, for by such things you will gain love.

36: In all your words, remember eternity, and you will never sin.

Track your progress

Scripture text: World English Bible, Catholic Edition (WEBC) — public domain

Donate Privacy Policy

View the full reading schedule