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• A human being has life and death before him; whichever he prefers will be given him. (Ecclesiasticus 15, 17)

• He has compassion on those who accept correction, and who fervently search for his judgements. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 14)

• A fool will offer nothing but insult, and a grudging gift makes the eyes smart. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 18)

• A fool will suffer birthpangs over a piece of news, like a woman labouring with child. (Ecclesiasticus 19, 11)

• Question your neighbour before you threaten him, and defer to the Law of the Most High. (Ecclesiasticus 19, 17)

• A thief is preferable to an inveterate liar, but both are heading for ruin. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 25)

• the death it inflicts is a miserable death, Sheol is preferable to it. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 21)

• Until he gets something, a man will kiss his neighbour's hand, and refer diffidently to his wealth; but when the loan falls due, he puts this off, he repays with offhand words, and pleads the inconvenience of the time. (Ecclesiasticus 29, 5)

• Good things lavished on a closed mouth are like food offerings put on a grave. (Ecclesiasticus 30, 18)

• What use is an offering to an idol which can neither eat nor smell? How describe someone pursued by the Lord's displeasure? (Ecclesiasticus 30, 19)

• Eat what is offered you like a well brought-up person, do not wolf your food or you will earn dislike. (Ecclesiasticus 31, 16)

• They have been differentiated in the mind of the Lord, who has diversified the seasons and feasts; (Ecclesiasticus 33, 8)