Löydetty 2650 Tulokset: Old

• An old friend leave not; the new is not his like. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 14)

• Listen first, then answer, never breaking in when the tale is half told. (Ecclesiasticus 11, 8)

• And others are backward folk, that cannot hold their gains, men of little power and much poverty; (Ecclesiasticus 11, 12)

• For all thy wisdom, do not hold thyself too cheap, or thou wilt lower thyself to folly. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 11)

• All that thou sayest his pitiless heart will hold against thee; never a blow, never a chain the less. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 15)

• Vain is that store the miser cherishes; wasted on his distrustful nature, the bright gold! (Ecclesiasticus 14, 3)

• While life still holds, make thy friends good cheer, and to the poor be open-handed as thy means allow thee; (Ecclesiasticus 14, 13)

• while life still holds, do thy duty of almsgiving; feasting there shall be none in the grave. (Ecclesiasticus 14, 17)

• If a man fears the Lord, he will live an upright life. If a man holds fast to inno-cence, he will find wisdom✻ ready to his embrace, (Ecclesiasticus 15, 1)

• Long life and good discernment are the bread this mother will provide for him, truth the refreshing draught she will give him to drink. She will take firm hold of him, so that he never wavers, (Ecclesiasticus 15, 3)

• and instruction thou shalt have in full measure, wisdom both profound and clear. Give me thy heart’s heeding, and thou shalt share with me knowledge of the wonderful endowments God gave his creatures when first he made them; all the lore I have shall be truly told thee. (Ecclesiasticus 16, 25)

• Their eyes should see him in visible majesty, their ears catch the echo of his majestic voice. Keep your hands clear, he told them, of all wrong-doing, (Ecclesiasticus 17, 11)