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A good friend to man is this spirit of wisdom, that convicts the blasphemer of his wild words; God can witness his secret thoughts, can read his heart unerringly, and shall his utterance go unheard? (Wisdom of Solomon 1, 6)
But to be master of myself was a thing I could not hope to come by, except of God’s bounty; I was wise enough already to know whence the gift came. So to the Lord I turned, and made my request of him, praying with all my heart in these words following: (Wisdom of Solomon 8, 21)
PREFACE: Many are the important truths conveyed to us by the law, by the prophets and by those other writers who have followed them. Israel must be given credit for its own philosophical tradition, suited not only to instruct those who talk its language, but to reach, in spoken or written form, the outside world too, and bring it great enlightenment. No wonder if my own grandfather, Jesus, who had devoted himself to the careful study of the law, the prophets, and our other ancestral records, had a mind to put something in writing himself that should bear on this philosophical tradition, to claim the attention of eager students who had already mastered it, and to encourage their observance of the law. I must beg its readers to come well-disposed to their task, and to follow me closely, making allowances for me wherever I seem to have failed in the right marshalling of words, as I pass on wisdom at second hand. Hebrew words lose their force when they are translated into another language; moreover, when the Hebrews read out the law, the prophets, and the other books among themselves, they read them out in a greatly different form. It was in my thirty-eighth year,✻ in the reign of Euergetes, that I went to Egypt and spent some time there. When I found writings preserved there which were of high doctrinal value, it seemed to me right and fitting that I, too, should be at some pains; I would set about translating this book. Learning I gave to the task and long labour, and so brought it to an end; and so I offer the book to all who are ready to apply their minds to it, and learn how a man must frame his conduct if he would live by the divine law. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 0)
Do not play false in thy dealings with men, nor suffer thy own words to ensnare thee. (Ecclesiasticus 1, 37)
Watch those words well, or they may trip thee up; thou wilt have compassed thy own disgrace, (Ecclesiasticus 1, 38)
nor bandy words with her over the wine; steal she thy heart away, thy life is forfeit. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 13)
Be true to thy covenant with God; its words to thy own ears repeat; to that, and thy enjoined duty, inure thyself. (Ecclesiasticus 11, 21)
all those honeyed words do but mask a plot to lure thee into some ditch. (Ecclesiasticus 12, 15)
speaks the poor man, Why, say all, who is this? And if his words offend, it is the undoing of him. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 29)
set forth in words the greatness of his power, or go further yet, and proclaim his mercies? (Ecclesiasticus 18, 4)
My son, bestow thy favours ungrudgingly, nor ever mar with harsh words the gladness of thy giving. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 15)
Fools break out into rash utterance, where the prudent are at pains to weigh their words; (Ecclesiasticus 21, 28)
