Löydetty 866 Tulokset: Great Distress

• Say nothing harmful, small or great; be not a foe instead of a friend; A bad name and disgrace will you acquire: "That for the evil man with double tongue!" (Ecclesiasticus 6, 1)

• For one sort of friend is a friend when it suits him, but he will not be with you in time of distress. (Ecclesiasticus 6, 8)

• Giving your daughter in marriage ends a great task; but give her to a worthy man. (Ecclesiasticus 7, 25)

• Another goes his way a weakling and a failure, with little strength and great misery-- Yet the eyes of the LORD look favorably upon him; he raises him free of the vile dust, (Ecclesiasticus 11, 12)

• Great as his mercy is his punishment; he judges men, each according to his deeds. (Ecclesiasticus 16, 12)

• How great the mercy of the LORD, his forgiveness of those who return to him! (Ecclesiasticus 17, 24)

• The sum of a man's days is great if it reaches a hundred years: (Ecclesiasticus 18, 7)

• Delay not to forsake sins, neglect it not till you are in distress. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 21)

• There are those with little understanding who fear God, and those of great intelligence who violate the law. (Ecclesiasticus 19, 20)

• A wise man advances himself by his words, a prudent man pleases the great. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 26)

• He who works his land has abundant crops, he who pleases the great is pardoned his faults. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 27)

• A man who often swears heaps up obligations; the scourge will never be far from his house. If he swears in error, he incurs guilt; if he neglects his obligation, his sin is doubly great. If he swears without reason he cannot be found just, and all his house will suffer affliction. (Ecclesiasticus 23, 11)